// you loisli lo loiow the [H’oplc oj llie Soulli,rn(iii niiisl Inurw Ihrirlilcraliirt’.rnThe Golden Christmas, iktion, 1832rn1)William Gilmorc Sininis, 176 patiirnIntroduction bv Dr. l)ui|i ””rnCharleston Soij*rnL’niersit’rn• Collectionrnra^rn• I * ‘itrn••f Yv-” ,.„»-f”lrnv.,.H*-r •^i^.w*^rn• . • • • • • • . . . A O * * * – ‘ ‘ ‘ . Mm^ ^Vr ^ ^ BrnIr ^H .\ailablo: ^^^^^^^^Hrnl Dai’i.s A liailor’!’ .JMIK ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |rnluiii-riciioii. I8()ii f-ml’S^^^^^^^^rnb Albert Tinlcir B l e c b ^ F l ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ HrniiBBMmij^lllllrnbitrtxUic’tion brnif^^S. . «Kt l)i; Ciydc N. Wilson *”•’#»rnL’liKcrsily ol Soiitli CaroUnHrn$:Mrn(‘anwraii Haltrnliclion, 1867rnb Mai) Anne Cruggrn544 pagesrnInlrodiiction by Dr. Amy E. HkuloekrnMarsliall Uniersily fi^mlrni$m:%rns;!9 [^ Wm. •’•*rnThe Federal Governiucij^^^^’y’^rnnon-1 iclion, 1868 ‘^14 ‘ •rnby Abel Parker Uprtji^^’-f ^;rn248 pages t”•’vl •»•,,;» :rnIntjoduction by IBsiii i ^ p t t d W. LivingstonrnEmory University “j’^jjlt. ‘rn$ 3 4 /’:i ::•;•••’-; •’.rn’ ill , ^^’^”^rn’ Til . , ‘.• prnn i l lrnI H 1*.’^ I ^ I’,rn1 ‘1 ‘ f» t 1 ^ ‘h 1 ‘u *« 1 n # , 1 ••«’ ,•rn »•rn.J’ ‘^ i ^^’irnl 1 • • • • -• •^’ • «rnA *.A:;^. *;i^?:-‘fr,*rn ‘ * ^rn-~^rn• • ^ ‘rn>-rn,.-.,-“.rnT<) order, .send cheek oi- money order to:rnFletcher and Fletcher Pubhshing, LLCrnPost Off’iee Drawer 22828, Charleston. South Caroliuii 29413rn’Set in the midrnshipping and /I’lndliiig! Ihcstrnare hamlsinmh I’l’iiml. mid Itrnri’hrodtuiiirnkJL. L 1 1 1 LllV^ 1 1 1 1 ^ 1800s, drawnrnIrnfrom personal experience, tilled «itli charactersrnbased on people known to the author and withrnj|gla^gi,familia5stprfiim-, The Golden Christmas (1852) isrn’riclfwith Southern tradition: it is authentic andrnentertaining. As fiction rooted in fact, it sheds lightrnon a way of life which some hae tried to call myth.rnBut one hmidred years before Gone -with the Wind,rntliere,jeal]js4yas,a grand w orld in sections of tliernSouth and a man superbly able to record it.rn•’William Gilmore Simnis (1806-1870) did not writernThe Golden Christmas to create a Southern mythplogf.rnIn his day the abundance of the South was wellrnknown and widely envied. According to the U.S. ^ J « ^rnCensus, the per capita wealth of Souther’rnas 1860 was twice tliat of Northerners, |rnhimdred Southern counties were bettesrn.wealtliiest caunty m the North. In the samefteftsusrnthe most affluent states, listed in order, ivere 1,5rnMississippi. South Carolina. Louisiana, Alabama, andrnGeorgia. .As Simnis says in The Golden Christmas,rn”There is little or no poverty in the South.'”rn—Dr. David Aiken. Charleston Southern Universityrnrnrn