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• 1 media/image64.jpg 2021-08-03T09:57:44-07:00 1864 - Edwin Wiley Fuller (1847-1876) Enrolls 5 Edwin Wiley Fuller enrolls at the University and attends for two years. His 1873 novel, Sea-Gift, is notable for its detailed portrayal of a University student’s everyday experiences, its defense of the Confederacy, and its definition of a “tall tale” 30 years before Mark Twain’s famous essay on the subject. plain 2021-09-01T07:39:16-07:00 01/01/1864 Edwin Wiley Fuller enrolls at the University. Although Fuller only remained at Chapel Hill for two years before returning home to help his father’s business, two of his poems, "The Village on the Tar" and "Requiescam,” were published by UNC Press. His 1873 novel, Sea-Gift, detailed the University student’s everyday experiences. His novel is noteworthy for its realistic portrayal of hazings and courtships at the University, its defense of the Confederacy, and its definition of a “tall tale” 30 years before Mark Twain’s famous essay on the subject. Its popularity among students at the University earned it the nickname “the freshman’s Bible.”
  
  
  
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  Fuller, Edwin W. Sea-Gift: A Novel. New York: E.J. Hale & Son, 1873. Rpt. in Documenting the American South.  University Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/fuller/fuller.html.
  
  Malone, E.T., Jr.  “Edwin W. Fuller (Edwin Wiley), 1847-1876.”  Documenting the American South.  University Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/fuller/bio.html.
  
  Sistrom, Michael.  “Summary of Sea-Gift: A Novel.”  Documenting the American South.  University Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/fuller/summary.html.