Frank Lawrence Owsley, Historian of the Old South

Frank Lawrence Owsley, Historian of the Old South by Harriet Chappell Owsley. Published by Vanderbilt University Press, Nashville, TN, 1990. 1st Edition. Paperback. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Nr Fine. 223 Pgs. ISBN 0826512437. LCCN 90-46836. The private history of a public historian. This memoir gives an intimate, discerning picture of one of the principal interpreters of the political, economic, and cultural development of the Old South. In the process, the author reveals that much of the energy, dedication, and scholarship necessary to produce Frank's three major works, grew out of the collaboration of a husband and wife team who devoted much of their lives to research and to the writing of history. Description text copyright 2011 BooksForComfort. Item ID 25781.