1-58838-178-1
$34.95 hardcover
7 x 10
500 pages
B-W photographs
NewSouth Books
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Deep
Family
chronicles several generations of an interesting and well-known Southern
family. The title comes from a servant who had been with the family so
long that he had become part of the family. When he presided over a
post-funeral family dinner, he remarked that “all de deep family be
here.” The three “deep families”—the Craiks, Baldwins, and Reads—in
this book go back to pre-Revolutionary times. The book is well-written and
will have a national audience (Dr. James Craik was Revolutionary War
Surgeon General and was George Washington’s “best” friend; Dr.
William O. Baldwin was a close friend of William Lowndes Yancey; the first
Nicholas Cabell Read escaped execution in Mexico after the fall of
Maxmilian by beating it “for the States, with his parrot on his shoulder
and some gold pieces in his pocket”; to cite just a few examples), but
it will resonate most especially within Montgomery, where this colorful
and significant extended family has left its deep imprint in the memories
of thousands of local citizens and in local landmarks and institutions.
Many still remember the legendary Hazel Hedge, the family compound, and
have personal memories or have heard stories about various members of the
family, which included revolutionaries, Confederates, Communists,
diplomats, journalists, artists, grande dames, and eccentrics. This book
will combine history, gossip, and personal lore in a ripping good read.
Photos will be included.
about the author
The late filmmaker
Nicholas Cabell Read and his wife, the writer Dallas Read, were
collaborators
on many interesting projects on most of the continents of the world. Mrs.
Read, now in her 90s, lives and writes in Bethesda, Maryland. |
