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The Cub of the Panther: A Hunter Legend of the ''Old North State''Novel (Romance) | The University of Arkansas Press | 1997 In the closing years of his
life, William Gilmore Simms found himself physically unwell, near-indigent, and
living in a post-Civil War world that challenged his entire conception of
social order. Yet, out of this, Simms
produced one last great flourish of creativity, including The Cub of the Panther: A Hunter
Legend of the “Old North State.”
This novel shares certain features with the author’s earlier border
romances, exhibiting a similar interest in violence, comedy, and social
stratification. Yet, the different socio-political
circumstances of the postbellum world ... |
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