330. George Washington Harris ("Sut Lovingood"), 1814-1869

Harris’ humorous sketches and tall tales celebrate the practical jokes and exploits of a hero, Sut Lovingood, from the mountains of East Tennessee. Written in the local dialect, they draw their inspiration from the manners and customs of the region in the middle of the 19th century.

331. Sut Lovingood. Yarns spun by a "nat’ral born durn’d fool." New York, Dick & Fitzgerald, 1867. xv, 299 p. 41-19505 PN6161.H3235 RBD

332. — Edited with an introd. by Brom Weber. New York, Grove Press, 1954. [xxxiv] 262 p. 54-10739 PS1799.H87S8

This edition comprises stories selected from the foregoing collection of 1867 and also the text of the author’s "Sut Lovingood Travels with Old Abe Lincoln." The latter sketches were originally published in the Nashville Union and American, Feb. 28, Mar. 2 and 5, 1861.