April 19, 1869. Melville Davisson Post was born on this day in West Virginia. He is best remembered today as the author of short stories about Uncle Abner, a countryman with a love of the Bible and great skill at solving mysteries. He also invented Randolph Mason (Perry's grandpa?), a New York lawyer as slick and amoral as Abner was honest.
How could I have forgotten this date? I spent an afternoon at the library reading his "Col. Braxton" stories in back issues of The American! Love Post! (And yes, I have "The Silent Witness."
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