Mam' Lyddy's Recognition

Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1922) was an American writer and lawyer renowned for his depiction of Southern plantation life. Born in Hanover County, Virginia, to an elite planter family, Page's upbringing amidst the remnants of the antebellum South palpably influenced his literary work. Often criticized for his idealistic portrayal of the Old South and the Lost Cause of the Confederacy, Page's prose n...