Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855–1938) was an American journalist, novelist, and poet, born at
Macon, Georgia
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. He studied law at
Mercer University
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, Macon, and graduated in 1877. He was assistant editor and editor of Macon journals (1881–1888), gaining distinction as a writer of dialect stories. He wrote on the
Georgia
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aristocracy
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as well as pro-slavery fantasies popular in the South.
Amongst his publications are:
* ''Two Runaways and Other Stories'' (1889)
* ''The Marbeau Cousins'' (1898)
* ''Sons and Fathers'' (1896)
* ''His Defense and Other Stories'' (1899)
* ''Eneas Africanus'' (1920)
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19th-century American novelists
American male journalists
1855 births
1938 deaths
Mercer University alumni
20th-century American novelists
American male novelists
19th-century American male writers
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers
Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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