A Woman Rice Planter offers insights into a broad spectrum of Southern life after the Civil War. As an account of a woman's struggle for survival and dignity in a distinctly male-dominated society; it contributes significantly to women's history. For observers of the black experience; it affords opinionated; but nonetheless revealing; views about African American folklife. It presents a rich portrait of a distinctive place--the South Carolina Low Country--in a troubled and generally undocumented time; a portrait made all the more vivid by the fine pen-and-ink sketches of Charleston artist Alice R. Huger Smith.
#13297803 in Books 1997-07-01Original language:English .95 x 6.37 x 9.36l; #File Name: 0871524988
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