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D. Worthington
Best known for The Broken Sword, this early-20th-century writer looked back on the American South after the Civil War through a strongly personal lens. The result is a Reconstruction-era novel that blends memory, politics, and storytelling.
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The Broken Sword; Or, A Pictorial Page in Reconstruction
by D. Worthington
About the author
Published as D. Worthington, Dennison Worthington is credited with The Broken Sword; Or, A Pictorial Page in Reconstruction, issued in 1901. Project Gutenberg’s record for the book expands the initial to Dennison Worthington, helping connect the author’s byline with the full name.
The novel is set in the aftermath of the American Civil War and reflects on Reconstruction in the South. Its tone is reflective and partisan, suggesting an author writing from lived experience or close familiarity with the era’s conflicts, though the surviving easily accessible sources focus much more on the book than on Worthington’s life.
Because biographical information appears to be scarce in the sources I could confirm, many personal details about Worthington remain unclear. What does stand out is that The Broken Sword has endured as the work by which this author is remembered.