Aleck Maury, Sportsman (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Caroline Gordon
- First Published: 1934
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Biographical fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Values, Family or family life, Dogs, South or Southerners, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Schools or school life, Hunting or hunters, Fishing or fishermen
- Locales: Virginia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida, Missouri
Places Discussed
*Virginia. Southern state in which Aleck spends his early years. His first memories are of the woods and pastures he sees from his doorway. Always the dark woodland calls him, with the “hallooing” of its hunters, the baying of their hounds, mingling risk with the scent of rain-soaked forest. Dogs and men share these adventures, both sniffing the air and communicating in sounds and gestures. As he reaches adulthood, Aleck attends the University of Virginia in Charlottesville—the institution founded by Thomas Jefferson for young gentlemen. Aleck is not a...
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