His "Day In Court"

Mary Noailles Murfree (1850-1922), a pivotal figure in American regional literature, is known for her incisive portrayal of Appalachian life and culture. Writing under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock, Murfree ingeniously captured the dialect, landscapes, and spirit of the Tennessee mountains, a feat that led to her being mistakenly thought to be a male writer during her initial years of publi...