Few men in the history of Georgia have come down to the present in hearsay and folklore as profusely and as controversially as has James Monroe Smith, who became a millionaire farmer around the turn of the twentieth century. He was born near Washington, Georgia, in 1839 and died on his plantation a few miles from Athens in 1915. Smith's plantation "Smithonia" was measured in terms of square miles. He developed an empire of farming and allied interests, among which was a railroad to connect his plantation with other rail ...
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Few men in the history of Georgia have come down to the present in hearsay and folklore as profusely and as controversially as has James Monroe Smith, who became a millionaire farmer around the turn of the twentieth century. He was born near Washington, Georgia, in 1839 and died on his plantation a few miles from Athens in 1915. Smith's plantation "Smithonia" was measured in terms of square miles. He developed an empire of farming and allied interests, among which was a railroad to connect his plantation with other rail lines. He served terms in the state legislature in both the house and the senate, and in 1906 ran unsuccessfully for governor. The colorful career of Smith, a bachelor, did not end with his death but was kept alive in numerous claims and counter-claims in the settling of his estate. E. Merton Coulter seeks to separate fact from fiction in his account of Smith's varied activities and the final dissolution of his wealth.
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Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. First edition. Hard cover published by Univ. of Georgia Press in 1961. Green covers with gilt lettering on spine. Corners of front cover are bumped some. Inside front cover has a bookplate from a prior owner. Book is in very good condition. Dust jacket has a tear at top in front, a small missing piece at bottom of spine, and has some edge wear. DJ is in good plus condition. Large 8vo, 294 pages, 1.5 lb.; Large 8vo 9"-10" tall; 294 pages.
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294pp. illus. green cloth sm 4to w/gilt spine titles & decorations: Good+ in a tattered dj now stabilized in a Brodart poly cover [brief ink gift inscription on pastedown; else G+] A biography of an important Georgia planter, Jim Smith (1839-1915) by the long time dean of Georgia historians, Professor Ellis Merton Coulter (1890-1981).