1909. Thomas Nelson Page, author of short stories, novels, essays, and poetry, is best known for his role as literary spokesman for the glories of the Old South. Case in point, his novel Red Rock is a sympathetic portrait of the South during Reconstruction. John Marvel, Assistant depicts the New South of the early 20th century. The story begins: I shall feel at liberty to tell my story in my own way; rambling along at my own gait; now going from point to point; now tearing ahead; now stopping to rest or to ruminate, and even straying from the path whenever I think a digression will be for my own enjoyment. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.