"Romance of a Kentuckian in St. Augustine"
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Abstract
While staying at the Hotel Ponce de Leon with his fiancée, George Allen Van Zant, from the Bluegrass region of Kentucky meets and befriends a young girl, Petronilla Pedro, who develops a crush on the older man. She has a great love of music and he pays for her to receive lessons. He leaves after his vacation and she grows up. After Petronilla becomes a woman and a famed travelling soprano, she goes in search of the man who was kind to her.
Other notable local locations visited include the Cathedral Basilica, the seawall, and the Castillo de San Marcos.
Other notable local locations visited include the Cathedral Basilica, the seawall, and the Castillo de San Marcos.
Identifier
PS3505 .R69 P3 1898
Access Rights
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Creator
Title
"Romance of a Kentuckian in St. Augustine"
Alternative Title
in, Patchwork: The Poems and Prose Sketches of . . . Maley Bainbridge Crist
Taken from the publisher's page: "The publication of this complete edition of Mrs. Crist's works is made possible by the courtesy of the Frank Leslie's Monthly, who originally published several of Mrs. Crist's poems and sketches."
Contributor
Mrs. David Bott Manley, illustrator
Publisher
Atlanta: The Martin & Hoyt Company
Date
Format
Rebound book
Language
English
Audience
Subject
Romance
Short stories, Vignettes, or Poetry
Short stories, Vignettes, or Poetry
Coverage
Flagler Era
Has Format
References
Gardner, Janette C. An Annotated Bibliography of Florida Fiction, 1801-1980. St. Petersburg, FL: Little Bayou Press, 1983.
McCarthy, Kevin. M. “Historical St. Augustine in Fiction.” El Escribano 15 (1978): 61-69.
Bibliographic Citation
Crist, Maley. "Romance of a Kentuckian in St. Augustine." Patchwork: The Poems of Prose Sketches of. . . Maley Bainbridge Crist. Atlanta: The Martin & Hoyt Co., 1898.
Collection
Citation
Maley Crist, “"Romance of a Kentuckian in St. Augustine",” St. Augustine Fiction, accessed July 19, 2025, https://staugustinefiction.omeka.net/items/show/174.