This book tells the story of four generations of a prominent South Carolina family, beginning with James Henry Hammond, a pre-Civil war state governor and later US senator, and the man who coined the phrase "cotton is king", and ending with the remaining Hammond descendants, living in New York but retaining ownership of the old family plantation in redcliffe. It provides a detailed account of the fortunes of a Southern family over a century. Readership: students of Amercian History.
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This book tells the story of four generations of a prominent South Carolina family, beginning with James Henry Hammond, a pre-Civil war state governor and later US senator, and the man who coined the phrase "cotton is king", and ending with the remaining Hammond descendants, living in New York but retaining ownership of the old family plantation in redcliffe. It provides a detailed account of the fortunes of a Southern family over a century. Readership: students of Amercian History.
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Very good(+) in very good jacket. Illustrated. xxii + 421 pages, 8vo, cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper lightly worn. New York: Oxford University Press, 1981. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. Very light staining on page ends. Dustwrapper rubbed with some browning. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s) A tan cloth-boards hardback with an unclipped dust jacket now protected in a new archival-quality, removable Mylar plastic cover. Signed with an interesting inscription; "For Pat Conroy: I'm honored to be asked to inscribe this book." by the author. Gentle foxing along the book's top edge; otherwise a clean and unmarked copy. This copy has a "read-a-few-times" look & feel with no crushes to the boards' corners. Stored in sealed plastic protection and mailed (bubble-wrapped) in a sturdy Jiffy Rigi Bag envelope. We ship daily from Roswell, Ga. Serving satisfied customers since 1999.
