{"product_id":"let-me-lie-being-in-the-main-an-ethnological-account-of-the-remarkable-the-virginia-bookshelf-the-virginia-bookshelf-series","title":"Let Me Lie: Being in the Main an Ethnological Account of the Remarkable (The Virginia Bookshelf) (The Virginia Bookshelf Series)","description":"When Let Me Lie was first published in 1947, most reviewers missed the double meaning of the book's title. Deaf to James Branch Cabell's many-layered ironic wit, they read the book as a paean to the old South.\nReaders of this new paperback edition are unlikely to repeat the mistake. Let Me Lie is indeed a carefully researched and brilliantly written historical narrative of Virginia from 1559 to 1946―focusing on Tidewater, Richmond, and the Northern Neck―but as a fictional scholar remarks in the book, Cabell's history is \"both accurate and injudicious.\" Virginia's story of itself, Cabell claims, depends on illusion and myth, and his skill as a satirist allows him to construct and deflate these myths simultaneously. Ranging from Don Luis de Velasco and Captain John Smith to Edgar Allan Poe and Ellen Glasgow, from Confederate heroes to the oddities of the post-Civil War Old Dominion, Let Me Lie remains compulsively readable, as history, entertainment, or both.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0813920434\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0813920434.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Cabell, James Branch\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44328192966833,"sku":"RDV.0813920434.VG","price":7.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/skuimage_b535d474-6ede-42eb-bbf4-d3b04742dc31.jpg?v=1719681355","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/let-me-lie-being-in-the-main-an-ethnological-account-of-the-remarkable-the-virginia-bookshelf-the-virginia-bookshelf-series","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}