A Sherwood Bonner sampler, 1869-1884
Subtitle: what a bright, educated, witty, lively, snappy young woman can say on a variety of topics
By: Katharine Sherwood Bonner McDowell ; edited by Anne Razey Gowdy.
Contributors: Gowdy, Anne Razey.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
Other titles: What a bright, educated, witty, lively, snappy young woman can say on a variety of topics
Description: "The Mississippi-born author Katharine Sherwood Bonner McDowell (1849-1883) has long been recognized as one of the pioneers in dialect fiction, but she and her work faded from memory as literary tastes shifted away from this popular nineteenth-century genre. Although her career was cut short by her early death, Bonner left a significant body of published work, most of it buried in periodical archives.

This book, which adds significantly to the current resurgence of interest in Bonner, brings back into print much of the author's best writing and will acquaint modern readers with her astute and witty observations about America's centennial era."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-439) and index.