The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee

xii, 208 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; The Heart of Old Hickory; Fiddling His Way to Fame; A Wonderful Experience Meeting; Who Broke Up de Meet'n?; Rags; Ole Logan's Courtship; The Heart of the Woods; Christmas Eve at the Corner Grocery. ""The Heart of Old Hickory"... deals largely with the hopes, sorrows, aspirations, and tragedies of the common life in Tennessee. ..."Fiddling His Way to Fame"... ex-Governor Taylor again figures conspicuously. "A Wonderful Experience Meeting" and "Who Broke Up de Meetin'?" are true to present-day negro dialect. ..."Rags" is a pathetic picture of the street-gamin life... "The Heart of the Woods" is in many respects strikingly unlike the other stories. Through it flows a strain of supernormalism which is rarely found in the writings of our Southern authors. ...In "Ole Logan's Courtship" we come out again into the sunshine, as here we find humor predominating. ...In "Christmas Eve at the Corner Grocery" we are strongly reminded of the Dickens quality in the writings... without the slightest suggestion of imitation."--Preface