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A Knight of the Cumberland (1906) by John Fox Jr. ⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐
A Knight of the Cumberland is 158 pages and was published by Grosset and Dunlap. It has four illustrations, drawn by F. C Yohn. It is inscribed Maud A. Yule Dec 25, 1916 from Mrs. J. H. Sullivan.
This edition contains two books, the first of which we will speak of here. The first book is the very light and fun, sometimes cleverly amusing A Knight of the Cumberland.
The story is more of a relaying of events than a traditional book. It is in first person, and its main event centers around a small town 4th of July celebration in the mountains of Kentucky.
A very beautiful young woman, known to the readers only as The Blight, visits the Kentucky Gap. She has two guys fighting over her. One is Marston, who is an engineer, and the other is The Wild Dog, a reckless young man who is drunk the first time The Blight sees him. The whole thing culminates in a ring jousting tournament.
The story is short but well told. There is a bit of racist terminology, though not used derogatorily.
I loved the description of the 4th of July celebration. It just seemed so quaint. There is baseball, food, a ring jousting tournament. I want to hear more about this day!
A Knight of the Cumberland is my first John Fox, Jr. book, and I would love to read another. Well, I guess I’ll be reading Hell-fer-Sartain next, anyway! I’ll fill you in on the details of that one soon.
You can read A Knight of the Cumberland here. It’s a short read; you can probably read it in a couple of hours.
