Louis D. Rubin, Jr. is a literary critic and historian, editor and novelist. Works include Thomas Wolfe:  The Weather of His Youth, The Faraway Country, The Curious Death of the Novel, The Wary Fugitives, Gallery of Southerners, Small Craft Advisory, Babe Ruth’s Ghost, Seaports of the South: A Journey and A Memory of Trains. His novels are The Golden Weather, Surfaces of a Diamond and The Heat of the Sun. His most recent book is Uptown/Downtown in Old Charleston.