Literature - WV.

Scope and Contents Margaret Prescott Montague (1878-1955) of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and Richmond, Virginia, was an American short story writer, novelist, and O. Henry Award winner in the early twentieth century; she penned some of her work under the pseudonym Jane Steger. Approximately thirty letters written by Montague to her friend Maggie McGee document Montague's personal life and literary career. Three letters at the beginning of the collection indicate how the friendship began, when McGee...

Overview

Correspondence of Tom Kromer, a Huntington, West Virginia, native, and his sister Emogene relating to Tom's "depression novel" WAITING FOR NOTHING, published in 1935. Also included are copies of three published reviews of the book, a chronology of Tom's life, and a photograph of Tom which was published in the first edition of the book.