Colonel Carter of Cartersville

By Francis Hopkinson Smith and Edward Windsor Kemble Francis Hopkinson Smith

Book Overview

Colonel Carter of Cartersville is a novel written by F. Hopkinson Smith. The book tells the story of Colonel Carter, a wealthy and influential man from Cartersville, Virginia. The story is set in the late 1800s and follows Colonel Carter's adventures as he travels to New York City and meets a group of eccentric characters. Along the way, he falls in love with a young woman from a wealthy family and must navigate the challenges of their class differences. The novel is a humorous and satirical look at the social and cultural differences between the North and South during this time period. It explores themes of love, class, and identity, and offers a unique perspective on American society in the late 19th century. Overall, Colonel Carter of Cartersville is a charming and entertaining novel that offers a fascinating glimpse into a bygone era.1896. With illustrations by E.W. Kemble and the author. Smith had several careers: engineer, artist, illustrator and short story writer. His success in engineering included planning the foundations for the Statue of Liberty. He traveled frequently to Europe and became known for his portraits and illustration. Smith was an entertaining after-dinner storyteller and in his fifties he decided to commit his stories to paper and is remembered for his Colonel Carter novels. The book begins: The dinner was at the colonel's-an old-fashioned, partly furnished, two-story house nearly a century old which crouches down behind a larger and more modern dwelling fronting on Bedford Place within a stone's throw of the tall clock tower of Jefferson Market. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1162646810
• ISBN13: 9781162646817
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"