Although many specialized studies have dealt with the colonial and antebellum American South, very little attention has been paid to the Southern agricultural frontiers before 1860. This study focuses on agriculture, the primary economic activity and the single most important factor in shaping the South's colonial and antebellum frontiers. After examining the agricultural economy on the Southern seaboard during colonial times, Otto explains the economic and environmental forces that led to the expansion of upland and lowland agriculturalists across the trans-Appalachian South during the antebellum period.
Although many specialized studies have dealt with the colonial and antebellum American South, very little attention has been paid to the Southern agricultural frontiers before 1860. This study focuses on agriculture, the primary economic activity and the single most important factor in shaping the South's colonial and antebellum frontiers. After examining the agricultural economy on the Southern seaboard during colonial times, Otto explains the economic and environmental forces that led to the expansion of upland and lowland agriculturalists across the trans-Appalachian South during the antebellum period. Synthesizing sources drawn from history, geography, anthropology, and folklife, Otto has added an important new dimension to our knowledge of the American South. This book is an appropriate resource for courses or studies in Southern and American history, historical geography, folklife, anthropology, and agricultural history.

The Southern Frontiers, 1607-1860: The Agricultural Evolution of the Colonial and Antebellum South (Contributions in American History)

History

Otto, John

Americas

Praeger

This is the first book to assess the contribution of Southern agriculture to the Confederate war effort, to describe the damage that agriculture sustained during the war, to analyze the transition from slavery to free labor after the war, and to recount the slow and painful process of rebuilding Southern agriculture by 1880. Synthesizing primary and secondary historical sources, Southern Agriculture During the Civil War Era, 1860-1880 fills a crucial gap in our knowledge about the history of the Civil War and Reconstruction period.

Southern Agriculture During the Civil War Era, 1860-1880: (Contributions in American History)

Business & Money

Industries

An examination of the settlement history of the alluvial bottomlands of the lower Mississippi Valley from 1880 to 1930, this study details how cotton-growers transformed the swamplands of northwestern Mississippi, northeastern Louisiana, northeastern Arkansas, and southern Missouri into cotton fields. Although these alluvial bottomlands contained the richest cotton soils in the American South, cotton-growers in the Southern bottomlands faced a host of environmental problems, including dense forests, seasonal floods, water-logged soils, poor transportation, malarial fevers and insect pests. This interdisciplinary approach uses primary and secondary sources from the fields of history, geography, sociology, agronomy, and ecology to fill an important gap in our knowledge of American environmental history.Requiring laborers to clear and cultivate their lands, cotton-growers recruited black and white workers from the upland areas of the Southern states. Growers also supported the levee districts which built imposing embankments to hold the floodwaters in check. Canals and drainage ditches were constructed to drain the lands, and local railways and graveled railways soon ended the area's isolation. Finally, quinine and patent medicines would offer some relief from the malarial fevers that afflicted bottomland residents, and commercial poisons would combat the local pests that attacked the cotton plants, including the boll weevils which arrived in the early twentieth century.

The Final Frontiers, 1880-1930: Settling the Southern Bottomlands (Contributions in American History)

Text: English, German (translation)

Twice Through the Lines

Europe

Futura Publications Ltd.

Saint Rita: Saint of the Impossible from Catholic Book Publishing provides prayers to St. Rita, known for prayers, fasting, penances, and her intense devotion to the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This book offers Novenas and devotions to St. Rita, including the fifteen Thursdays. This reverent booklet with a flexible, illustrated cover has large, easy-to-read type for frequent use.

Saint Rita: Saint of the Impossible

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Catholic Book Publishing

The Dictionary of Mary from Catholic Book Publishing is an invaluable sourcebook book that is equal to a short summa about the Blessed Virgin Mary. Written by foremost scholars, it sets forth in quick dictionary form the most important Catholic teachings about Mary. This dictionary about the Mother of God explains Mary\'s place in the Church and in the life of Christians, her titles, her authenticated appearances, her shrines, and her relationship to her Son Jesus and to the Trinity. This revised and expanded edition of the Dictionary of Mary includes complete references to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Dictionary of Mary is an indispensable book for all who want to obtain a better understanding of Our Lady and true devotion to her.

Dictionary of Mary: Behold Your Mother [Paperback] Otto, John

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Marvin's Gift

Otto, Payton

Children's Books

Marla F. Jones

Logan's classmates whisper behind his back. His dad is in jail for beating him. Logan just wants a normal family-with a mom and a dad at home. One evening, Logan lashes out in anger and destroys his sister's toy, one their dad gave to her. He decides to run away from home. Logan packs his backpack and heads to the window. But before he can leave, an otherworldly visitor named Marvin shows up. He shares his own story of incarceration and redemption through a rehabilitation program at the prison. He helps Logan realize that people can change, even Logan's dad.Marvin then gives Logan the tools to not only fix Emma's toy, but to deal with his anger about his dad. This powerful story features the Friends for Folks program, where prison inmates partner with veterinarians to rehabilitate abandoned, abused dogs. Caring for, and training, these special dogs gives the prisoners not only life skills, but empathy and compassion for others.

Life doesn't guarantee a second chance, but in turning a rescue mutt into a world-class, search-and-rescue responder, Marvin, an inmate serving a life sentence in an Oklahoma prison, earned his -- in the process he inspired other inmates to try and atone for their wrongs. Inspired by a heart-warming true story of a man, a dog, and the prison therapy dog program (originally started by Sister Pauline Quinn in Washington State) that has convinced more than one tough-on-crime advocate that rehabilitation is indeed possible, told by the veterinarian son and grandson of a former acting director of the FBI.

Marvin's Shining Star: A True Story

Biographies

Roadrunner Pr

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The Southern Frontiers, 1607-1860: The Agricultural Evolution of the Colonial and Antebellum South (Contributions in American History)

Southern Agriculture During the Civil War Era, 1860-1880: (Contributions in American History)

The Final Frontiers, 1880-1930: Settling the Southern Bottomlands (Contributions in American History)

Twice Through the Lines

Saint Rita: Saint of the Impossible

Dictionary of Mary: Behold Your Mother [Paperback] Otto, John

Marvin's Gift

Marvin's Gift

Marvin's Shining Star: A True Story