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George Cary Eggleston
George Cary Eggleston

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RECOLLECTIONS OF A VARIED LIFE



BY GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON



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NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1910

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Copyright, 1910
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

Published March, 1910

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TO
MARION MY WIFE

I DEDICATE THESE RECOLLECTIONS
OF A LIFE THAT SHE HAS LOYALLY
SHARED, ENCOURAGED, AND INSPIRED

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CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I. Introductory 1
II. The Country as I First Knew It—Intensity of Its Americanism—The Lure of New Orleans 2
III. Provincialism—A Travel Center—RoadConditions—Mails—The Estrangement of Communities and Other Isolating Conditions 4
IV. The Composite West—Dialect—The Intellectual Class 7
V. The Sturdy Kentuckians and Their Influence 9
VI. A Poor Boy's Career 13
VII. "Shooting Stock" 14
VIII. A Limitless Hospitality ...

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