The Wave Scott, Evelyn Literature

8vo. A scarce 1920s novel of the Civil War and Scott's most renowned work. Scott (born as Elsie Dunn 1893 - 1963) was an American novelist, playwright and poet. A modernist and experimental writer, Scott was a significant literary figure in the 1920s and 1930s. Her first husband was Frederick Creighton Wellman. He was a married man when they met and dean of the School of Tropical Medicine at Tulane. Both Evelyn and her husband took on pseudonyms when they ran away to Brazil together in 1913. Frederick changed his name to Cyril Kay-Scott and Evelyn also took Scott as her surname. The two had a son together, Creighton, but were divorced in 1928. She also had an affair with Owen Merton, father of Thomas Merton. Blue cloth. 625pp. Square tight binding. Clean interior. Mild edge wear to binding, including a shallow bump to rear fore edge corner. Dust jacket with light soiling and mild edge wear. Presents handsomely in archival mylar.