Keziah Coffin by Joseph C. Cotton | 1909 Antique Novel | Cape Cod Novel | Bixley Shop
Keziah Coffin was written by Joseph C. Lincoln in 1909. Lincoln was an American writer in the early part of the 20th century who often wrote stories of "old Cape Cod," on his own and with his son Freeman Lincoln.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR (Courtesy of Wikipedia)
Joseph Crosby Lincoln (1870 – 1944) was an American author of novels, poems, and short stories, many set in a fictionalized Cape Cod. Lincoln was born in 1870 in Brewster, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and his mother moved the family to Chelsea, Massachusetts, a manufacturing city outside Boston, after the death of his father. Lincoln's literary career celebrating "old Cape Cod" can partly be seen as an attempt to return to an Eden from which he had been driven by family tragedy. His literary portrayal of Cape Cod can also be understood as a pre-modern haven occupied by individuals of old Yankee stock which was offered to readers as an antidote to an America that was undergoing rapid modernization, urbanization, immigration, and industrialization. Lincoln's work frequently appeared in popular magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post and The Delineator. Lincoln claimed that he was satisfied "spinning yarns" that made readers feel good about themselves and their neighbors. Six films and a short were based on his work. Throughout his long and successful career, Mr. Lincoln wrote 45 novels.
BIXLEY NOTES
• Keziah Coffin
• Written by Joseph C. Lincoln
• Published by Grosset Dunlap, 1909
• 387 page linen hardcover
• Measures 7 5/8" x 5"
VINTAGE NOTES
• In good vintage condition
• Some expected wear on the covers and bindings, cover corners and edges
• Binding is slightly slanted by tight
• The pages have yellowed but are in good condition for reading. Some spots/foxing as expected with age
• See our photos for more details.
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