Mayfield, John S. Sidney Lanier in Texas

Mayfield, John S. Sidney Lanier in Texas. Dallas, TX: The Boyd Press, 1932. 1st . [512]  Stiff black wrapper, title applied to front and spine, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches.  Fine condition, unopened. One of 119 copies printed. Tipped in photo of Lanier as frontispiece. With an Introductory Note by the late George Edward Woodberry.   With an Introductory Note by the late George Edward Woodberry. Lanier's sojourn in Texas (1872-1873), which he undertook to seek a better climate and cure for his tuberculosis, is the focus of this study by Mayfield. Sidney Clopton Lanier (1842-1881), b. Macon, GA; d. Lynn, NC. Lanier was an "American musician and poet whose verse often suggests the rhythms and thematic development of music. Lanier was reared by devoutly religious parents in the traditions of the Old South." - Encyclopedia Britannica. He served in the Confederate Signal Corps, was captured and imprisoned at Point Lookout, Maryland wherein he contracted tuberculosis, the disease which shortened his