Richmond in Ragtime: Socialists, Suffragists, Sex & Murder

By Harry Kollatz Jr.

Book Overview

The three years from 1909 to 1911 were busy ones in Richmond, what with the misadventures of Adon A. Yoder, a muckraking pamphleteer who gets beaten up, sued and thrown in jail; the organizing of women like Lila Meade Valentine to fight for their right to vote; the art of sculptor Ferruccio Legnaioli; the novels of Ellen Glasgow, Mary Johnston and James Branch Cabell; increased restrictions against African Americans; a public spectacle surrounding the murder trial of Henry Clay Beattie Jr.; exotic flying machines and automobile endurance contests; and the recording of Polk Miller and his Old South Quartette. Join local author Harry Kollatz Jr. (True Richmond Stories) as he revives the city of a century ago for a tour of Richmond in ragtime.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596294434
• ISBN13: 9781596294431
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"