The Coast of Bohemia

Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1922) was a renowned American writer and diplomat, distinguished by his depictions of Southern life and culture during the antebellum and post-Civil War eras. Born in Hanover County, Virginia, into an elite planter family, Page's upbringing amid the vestiges of the Old South significantly influenced his work. His literary style often romanticized the antebellum South, and ...