| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Shipwreck at Cape Romain -- First tidal rice mill -- First rice toll mill -- Mill builder, troubleshooter -- Jonathan Lucas II -- William Lucas -- Death of the patriarch -- Rice planter extraordinaire -- William Lucas's Charleston villa -- Ann Lucas Pearce Venning -- William Lucas's expanding empire -- Jonathan Lucas II and his family in England -- The children of Jonathan Lucas II -- Jonathan Lucas III and J.J. Lucas -- Thomas Bennett Lucas -- William Lucas's children -- Secession, before and after -- Benjamin Simons Lucas's sons, war and aftermath -- William Lucas's progeny at war, prelude -- Alexander Lucas into action -- Comrades in arms -- Beginning of the end and the fall -- Attempts to regain a lost world -- Engagement and courtship of Alexander Lucas -- Marriage, rice, and domestic concerns -- Robert Lucas in California -- Death of Charles Lucas -- The frustrations of Robert Lucas -- Settling a depleted estate -- Pitfalls of the Lucas genealogy -- An heiress without her fortune -- Robert's hopes for Janie -- Brothers across the continent -- Defeat after defeat -- A closing circle -- Contrasts within the family -- Death, depression, decline -- Into the abyss -- Heir disputes, final settlement |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 05, 2018) |
| Subject |
Lucas family.
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Lucas, Jonathan, 1754-1821 -- Family
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| SUBJECT |
Lucas family fast |
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Lucas, Jonathan, 1754-1821 fast |
| Subject |
Rice trade -- South Carolina -- History
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REFERENCE -- Genealogy & Heraldry.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
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Families
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Rice trade
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South Carolina
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lofton, Alexander Lucas, 1919-2011, author.
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| LC no. |
2017044529 |
| ISBN |
9781611178357 |
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1611178355 |
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