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Can You Name This
Famous Virginian
He was bora at Oakland plantation, Va.
He is an American novelist, best known for his sympathetic and accurate portrayals of life in the South.
He practiced law for eighteen years in Richmond.
In 1893 he began his long and successful literary career.
He was ambassador to Italy from 1913 to 1919.
His great-grandparents .were governors of Virginia, and one was signer of the Declaration of Independence.
He took degrees at Washington and Lee University and University of Virginia law school.
His first success was “Marse Chan.”
He wrote dialectic poetry and
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