The Sheriffs Bluff

Thomas Nelson Page (1853–1922) was an American writer and lawyer who epitomized the genre of Southern American literature in the post-Civil War era. Born in Hanover County, Virginia, Page drew from his experiences of the antebellum South and Reconstruction to color his writings with the nostalgia of the fallen Confederacy and the complexities of the new social order. His works often tackled the th...