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Inheritance (Southern Son
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Victoria Wilcox was born on the eighth day of the month of November - the same day of the same month as Margaret Mitchell was born, and the same day and month that Doc Holliday died. And she was eight years old when she first announced to her family that she was going to be writer - no great surprise, as she had been making up songs and poems and putting on her own little theatricals for years already. She came by it all naturally, being born in California to a pioneer Hollywood film industry family. Victoria grew up loving dramatic stories of all kinds, especially those with a sense of history. As a young woman she developed a passion for the stories of royal families found in English historical fiction, and felt certain she was descended from King Arthur himself and destined to discover the historic Camelot. So she began her college career as a Medieval English History major - admittedly a narrow field in American academia - before receiving a degree in English Literature and doing graduate work in Playwriting. In her professional life she has been a teacher of English and composition on the college level and worked as a technical writer and instructional designer for industry and universities. A move to Atlanta, Georgia inspired a love of all things Southern and introduced her to a project that would fill the next few years of her life: the white-columned Greek Revival home built by the uncle of the legendary Doc Holliday in the last days before the Civil War. Although one of Georgia's only remaining unrestored antebellum homes, the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House was slated to be torn down and replaced by a parking lot, so Wilcox founded a non-profit organization to save it and turn it into a museum site. It's now the centerpiece of a beautiful historic district, and Wilcox's efforts were rewarded with a commendation from the City of Fayetteville and a cover on "Fayette Woman" magazine - and an untold tale that begged to be written. In researching the house and its former owners, she had uncovered a story almost too good to be true: the infamous Doc Holliday was kin to Gone with the Wind author Margaret Mitchell who modeled her saintly Melanie on Doc's real-life sweetheart, his cousin Mattie Holliday. Victoria Wilcox's writing on the history of the Old South and the Wild West has been featured in such publications as TrueWest Magazine, North Georgia Journal, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. She has lectured extensively on the same subjects and been a guest on various television programs. Drawing on her lifelong love of music and theater, she has written songs for Nashville recording artists and authored the musical Goin' to Zion! along with numerous smaller theatrical works.

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'As a biographer of John Henry "Doc" Holliday, I can only be envious of Victoria Wilcox's telling of his story. The facts of a life so intriguing - and the gaps in the facts - are cruel dampers to the historian, limited as he is by the record. Wilcox pursues the truth in a powerful and moving novel that is not tainted by the legend of its central character, trapped by the documentary evidence of his life, or tempted to ignore history. She tells his story with an intimate voice that is surprisingly fresh and compelling. Here, Doc is alive and his world real--wonderfully so.' --- Dr. Gary Roberts, bestselling author of "Doc Holliday: The Life and Legend" 'This wonderfully written novel brings together one of the great stories of the American Frontier. Author Wilcox has done a superb job through fiction of creating a sense of time and place and giving us an intriguing look at one of the most controversial figures in the West - Dr. John Henry Holliday.' --- Casey Tefertiller, Author of "Wyatt Earp: The Life Behind the Legend"

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