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Language
English
Abstract
Interviews with and reviews of the fiction of Julia Davis, a member of a prominent Harrison County family whose most distinguished
member was her father, John W. Davis, the 1924 Democratic Presidential candidate. In the interviews she tells of the influence
upon her career of Melville Davisson Post and of the historic activities of her family, particularly before and during the
Civil War. Her maternal grandparents, who resided in Jefferson County, observed the trial and execution of John Brown. Based
upon their memoirs and those of their neighbors she wrote a successful play for the West Virginia centennial, "The Anvil"
about the Brown raid and trial. There are also two reviews of the body of her literature emphasizing its historical nature
and its sympathetic but realistic exploration of the dialectical tensions between minorities and the dominant group in America.
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Julia M. Davis, Author, Records, A&M 2826, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.