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Flowering of the Cumberland /

The author's search for truth as early American settlers knew it began as a child: the old songs, handed-down stories, and proverbs that colored her world compelled her on a journey that informs her depiction of the Cumberland River Valley in Kentucky and Tennessee. The author drew from court r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Arnow, Harriette Louisa Simpson, 1908-1986 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Sandra L. Ballard
  • Author's Introduction and Acknowledgments
  • The Siege of Buchanan's
  • The Underpinning
  • The Most Important Crop
  • The Makeup of Society
  • The Sounds of Humankind
  • Intellectual Background and Education
  • The Horse
  • Cows and Other Farm Animals
  • The Farmer and His Crops
  • Industry
  • The Professions
  • The Business World
  • River, Road, and Town
  • Social Life and Diversions
  • Epilogue.