Title | Revi-Lona: A Romance of Love in a Marvelous Land |
Year of Publication | 1879 |
Publication Type | Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 247 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Cowan, Frank |
City | Greensburg, PA |
Keywords | Amazon women; voyages |
Abstract | This lost-race tale follows a “big and brawny man from the backwoods of Pennsylvania” to the South Pole of the Earth. There, he discovers a volcanically heated paradise ruled by big and beautiful women who are obeyed by little and learned men. |
Author Biography | Frank Cowan (1844-1905), born in Greensburg, Westmoreland County, was an attorney, physician, author, and secretary to U.S. President Andrew Johnson. Cowan was educated at Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College). |
Time | Unknown |