Heart of the South Stag it waits in ambush for

it waits in ambush for prey nearly one-third its own body length

recalls the pleasures of “biltong” (African beef jerky)

was a writer’s writer

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Heart of the South Stag it waits in ambush forHeart of the South, by Archibald Rutledge. Columbia, SC: The State, 1924. ix, 391 pages. Hardbound. Fine copy that is exceptionally crisp and clean for a book almost a century old. Gilt on spine and front bright and fully present. Signed on title page by Rutledge. A collection of 30 of Rutledges early stories including a number of really fine pieces such as Poinsettia and Sparkplug and The Kings of Curlew Island. First (and to my knowledge only)