Everyone's been working mighty hard of late; lots of serious work going on in the 1L classes and in the faculty offices, too. And we've had a lot of sad and tragic news — the passing of Richard Nagareda, Rhys Isaac, and now Louis Henkin.
It's time for a break and something less serious, like lawyer house trivia.
What famous lawyer owned the house at right? Here are a couple of hints. The house is in Richmond, Virginia. Its owner was an important antebellum lawyer and he was also a novelist and, sort of, historian. In fact he wrote a famous work of "history" in this house. I put "history" in quotes because it's sort of unclear how much of the "history" was fact and how much fiction.
Is the author's middle initial an "M"?
Don't know about that, Tim. I'm don't know what his middle name was. Seems like he went by only first and last name.
OK, how about this: is the first letter of the third word of the book title a "T"?
Let me think on this some, Tim. The first letter of the fourth word in the novel's title is "t", but perhaps you're looking at an alternative title.
If the author's head were removed, would it fit in a breadbox?
(I'm sorry- this just started to seem like "20 questions", and in my experience, in that game it's essential to ask about whether something would fit in a breadbox or not, and this was the best I could do.)
I think I need to put out another hint. This may give it away but so be it: he served as attorney general.
William Writ.
Wirt, not Writ.
Yes! Jason. You're right. Very nicely down. Wirt was the author of Letters of a British Spy, as well as The Life of Patrick Henry. And — though I didn't want to use this as one of the hints because it might have given away too much — also a literary address at Rutgers.