Sisters, Seeds, & Cedars: Rediscovering Nineteenth-Century Life Through Correspondence from Rural Arkansas and Alabama

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Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company

ISBN-10: 0944436145

ISBN-13: 9780944436141

Buy.com Sku: 30257832

Publish Date: 4/10/2007

Dimensions: (in Inches) 10.25H x 7.5L x 1.25T

Pages: 736

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History consists mainly of the milestones, the turning points of time. What are often lost in the fray are the details. Thankfully for those who have a hunger for history, books like Sisters, Seeds, and Cedars exist to fill in some of the gaps of history. The book contains letters from two sisters, Cornelia and Clara. Originally from Alabama, Clara moves on to Arkansas, while Cornelia stays where her roots are. Clara eventually puts down roots of her own, and the sisters'' continue to converse through letter writing for their entire lives. The letters span the generations and provide insight into everyday life between 1850-1928. Without them, it might not be known that

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The editor combed through some 1,000 letters to select letters involving a particular family and revealing character, personality, and a narrative, along with the specifics of 19th century life. The letters begin in 1850 with the correspondence between two school-age sisters and continue through the Civil War and into the 20th century, ending in 1928. Fountain's annotations define archaic words and terms and help with the continuity. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Sisters, Seeds, & Cedars: Rediscovering Nineteenth-Century Life Through Correspondence from Rural Arkansas and Alabama (Hardcover)

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