The Last Man Standing, Richard Maybeam, and Blyde

Blyde was in many ways the last man standing, who was sort of known and very well respected. There's real prose flair there in a way that you just don't expect from country writing of this kind. But it's also interesting because there's very little expressly said of Blyde's inner life or even of his personal life beyond the day-to-day going on of church and community. To quote your words back to you again, what you say is we read Blyde for Blyde. You're reading it for the writing.