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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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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East Lansing :
Michigan State University Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| 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.


