Surely many people wonder about the Virginia Gentleman and how he got that way. All the answers are here. It is well known that neither wealth nor ancestry but conduct makes one a gentleman in Virginia -- but what conduct? In this book, a lifelong Virginian has made the first really serious study of that question, and he has collected everything really quotable on the subject. A complete history filled with quotable quotes and recyclable anecdotes, this book includes everything you need to know about this vanishing species. He who would be a gentleman or survive as one will find instructive stories here. This little volume abounds in helpful hints on how the gentleman deals with boors and bill collectors, parvenus and poachers, ladies, yankees, horses and hospitality, ancestry and alcohol, inheritance of plantations and titles. Nature's gentlemen and the Minority gentleman are covered, as well as how ladies manage the best ol' boys and occasionally vice versa, and who really holds the power in Virginia. The essential pilgrimages to holy spots and shrines of gentility around the state are fully set out and the essential mysteries of Smithfield Ham and Virginia whisky are explored. Also explored are such delicate subjects as proper colleges and eligible mates for the naive young gentleman.
THE VIRGINIA GENTLEMAN: A Field Guide, an Owner's Manual, a History, and a Way of Life By Richard E. Crouch 152 pp.; illustrations on nearly every page 1999, ISBN 0-961 3581-4-9
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