Here’s some articles about Walter Scott’s influence on pre-Civil War American Southern culture.
Sir Walter Scott and the South – Hamilton James Eckenrode, 1917
How Walter Scott Started the American Civil War – Harpers, 2007
The Author of the Civil War – New York Times, 2012
Mark Twain, Sir Walter Scott, and Wordy Books – Encyclopedia Brittanica Blog, 2008
True Story Book Club 