| Description |
1 online resource (712 pages) |
| Contents |
Illustrations ; Preface; Introduction ; 1834-1842; 1843; 1844; 1845; 1846; 1847; 1848; 1849; 1850; 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1858; 1859; 1860; 1861; 1862; 1863; 1864; 1865; 1866; 1867; 1868; 1869; 1870; 1871; 1872; 1873; 1874; 1875; 1876; 1877; Appendix ; James Mallory's Last Will and Testament; Notes ; Index |
| Summary |
James Mallory was an uncommon Southerner. Most inhabitants of the Old South, especially the plain folk, devoted more time to leisurely activities--drinking, gambling, hunting, fishing, and just loafing--than did Mallory, a workaholic agriculturalist, who experimented with new plants, orchards, and manures, as well as the latest farming equipment and techniques. A Whig and a Unionist, a temperance man and a peace lover, ambitious yet caring, business-minded and progressive, he supported railroad construction as well as formal education, even for girls. His cotton production--four bale |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 25, 2013) |
| Subject |
Mallory, James, 1807-1877 -- Diaries
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| SUBJECT |
Mallory, James, 1807-1877 fast |
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Farm life -- Alabama -- Talladega County
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Farm life
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Alabama -- Talladega County
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| Genre/Form |
autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Diaries
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McWhiney, Grady, editor
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Moore, Warner O
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Pace, Robert F
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| ISBN |
9780817387303 |
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0817387307 |
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0585200378 |
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9780585200378 |
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