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Augusta Wilson

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Augusta Jane Wilson (Evans) (1835-1909) was an American novelist, born in Columbus, Georgia.

From 1841 onwards, she lived in Mobile, Alabama She opened a private hospital for Confederate wounded during the American Civil War.

List of novels

  • Inez, A Tale of the Alamo, (1856)
  • Beulah, (1859)
  • Macaria, (1864)
  • Saint Elmo, (1866)
  • Vashti, (1869)
  • Infelice, (1875)
  • At the Mercy of Tiberius, (1887)
  • A speckled Bird, (1902)
  • Devota, (1907)