Red of the Redfields

In Red of the Redfields, Red Pepper Burns is at the end of his medical career, but has one more patient -- Felix Rowe, a WWI war correspondence who we met in Red and Black. Today, we'd say that Rowe was suffering from PTSD, a term unknown in the early-20th century. This time, the cast of central characters is enlarged to include the extended Redfield family, Red's mother's cousins -- Marcia and Lincoln, and especially their daughter, Rusty (guess what color her hair is). A nice dose of humanity, renewal and romance.

Grace Louise Smith Richmond (18661959), American romance novelist created the Dr. R.P. Burns series. Her first short stories were published in various women's magazines including the Women's Home Companion, Ladies' Home Journal, and Everybody's Magazine as early as 1898. Richmond wrote 27 novels between 1905 and 1936. Red Pepper Burns was published in 1910. Like most of her strong-willed yet compassionate characters, R.P. Burns is a kind, old-souled country doctor who makes house calls. His fiery red hair and temper to match earned him his nickname Red Pepper, though he is still a charming and endearing gentleman. Mrs. Red Pepper (1913), Red Pepper's Patients (1917), and Red of the Redfields (1924) followed.

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