A couple of early novels:

[Tucker, George.]  The Valley of the Shenandoah; or, Memoirs of the
Graysons. . . .  2 vols.  New York: C. Wiley, 1824.

Kennedy, John Pendleton.  Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old
Dominion.  2 vols.  Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832.

And a terrific recent entry:

Jones, Edward P.  The Known World.  New York: Amistad, 2003.
(This work won the Pulitzer Prize)

Crime/detective fiction set in Virginia is probably a whole category
unto itself.  In addition to Rita Mae Brown's books, already mentioned,
I believe Patricia Cornwell's are set in Virginia, and there may be a
number of others, for all I know.

A Web page of novels set in Virginia would make a useful addition to
the Library of Virginia Web site, wouldn't it?

--Jurretta Heckscher


On Jul 16, 2006, at 7:56 AM, Carolyn Carpenter wrote:

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