Augusta Evans Wilson, 1835-1909

A comprehensive biography of Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, one of the nineteenth-century America’s best-selling authors   A fascinating biography about Augusta Jane Evans, a nearly forgotten writer who was nevertheless one of the most popular writers of her era. She wrote nine novels about southern women, including St. Elmo , which sold a staggering one million copies within four months of its release in 1866. William Fidler traces the life of Augusta Jane Evans from her birth in 1835 in Colum