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A Little Traitor to the South: A War Time Comedy with a Tragic Interlude
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252 pages, Hardcover
First published April 4, 1904
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Cyrus Townsend Brady
159 books7 followersCyrus Townsend Brady (December 20, 1861 – January 24, 1920) was a journalist, historian and adventure writer. His best-known work is Indian Fights and Fighters.
He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. In 1889, he was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal church, and was ordained a priest in 1890. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.
Brady's first major book, For Love of Country, whilst telling the story of a fictitious John Seymour, was actually based in part on the true heroics of Nicholas Biddle, one of the first five captains of the fledgling Continental Navy.[1]
Brady was also famous for his opposing views about feminism and Women's suffrage: he preached many anti-suffrage sermons and described women voters as "an insult to God".[2]
In 1914, Brady began working as a screenwriter at Vitagraph Company of America.[3]
Brady died in Yonkers, New York of pneumonia at age 58.
He was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1883. In 1889, he was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal church, and was ordained a priest in 1890. His first wife was Clarissa Guthrie, who died in 1890. His second wife was Mary Barrett.
Brady's first major book, For Love of Country, whilst telling the story of a fictitious John Seymour, was actually based in part on the true heroics of Nicholas Biddle, one of the first five captains of the fledgling Continental Navy.[1]
Brady was also famous for his opposing views about feminism and Women's suffrage: he preached many anti-suffrage sermons and described women voters as "an insult to God".[2]
In 1914, Brady began working as a screenwriter at Vitagraph Company of America.[3]
Brady died in Yonkers, New York of pneumonia at age 58.
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March 25, 2016
This book was a delightful journey to the intrigue and dangers of being in love during the blockade of Charleston in 1864. I read it in a gulp and am instantly reminded of how much I love Brady's writing!
Sample the first two paragraphs:
Miss Fanny Glen's especial detestation was an assumption of authority on the part of the other sex. If there was a being on earth to whom she would not submit, it was to a masterful man; such a man as, if appearances were a criterion, Rhett Sempland at that moment assumed to be.
The contrast between the two was amusing, or would have been had not the atmosphere been so surcharged with passionate feeling, for Rhett Sempland was six feet high if he was an inch, while Fanny Glen by a Procrustean extension of herself could just manage to cover the five-foot mark; yet such was the spirit permeating the smaller figure that there seemed to be no great disparity, from the standpoint of combatants, between them after all.
...so runs the general tone of their frustrated romance. There's honor and danger and a secret and a deal more mixed up in this little tale that covers the events of two days and the characters' lives and has as its tragedy one of the great heroic endeavors of the Southern navy.
Sample the first two paragraphs:
Miss Fanny Glen's especial detestation was an assumption of authority on the part of the other sex. If there was a being on earth to whom she would not submit, it was to a masterful man; such a man as, if appearances were a criterion, Rhett Sempland at that moment assumed to be.
The contrast between the two was amusing, or would have been had not the atmosphere been so surcharged with passionate feeling, for Rhett Sempland was six feet high if he was an inch, while Fanny Glen by a Procrustean extension of herself could just manage to cover the five-foot mark; yet such was the spirit permeating the smaller figure that there seemed to be no great disparity, from the standpoint of combatants, between them after all.
...so runs the general tone of their frustrated romance. There's honor and danger and a secret and a deal more mixed up in this little tale that covers the events of two days and the characters' lives and has as its tragedy one of the great heroic endeavors of the Southern navy.
May 11, 2015
A Short little romance comedy, set during the Civil War; I found it funny in spots, and frustrating in others, but can't complain too much, as it ended happy.:)
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