(035176) Jacobs, Thornwell. Red Lanterns On St. Michaels. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1942. 6th Printing. Hardcover. Thick 8vo. 670 pages. Very Good in Very Good DJ. B&W Illustrations. Embossed by owner on front free endpaper and on acknowledgements page. DJ has edgewear with some small chips. Historical novel of the destruction of Charleston ( symbol of an era) , with a man of destiny theme. Young Perry wants to be a gentleman; he is tutored by the man who eventually turns out to be his grandfather. He does newspaper work in Charleston, he does his bit in the Civil War; the siege of Charleston forms the local point for Northern hatred
