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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807734603321

Autore

Matrana Marc R

Titolo

Lost plantations of the South / / Marc R. Matrana

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2009

ISBN

1-282-48553-9

9786612485534

1-60473-469-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Disciplina

306.3/49

Soggetti

Plantations - Southern States - History

Plantation life - Southern States - History

Plantation owners - Southern States

Slaves - Southern States

Historic sites - Conservation and restoration - Southern States

Historic preservation - Southern States

Southern States History, Local

Southern States History, Local Pictorial works

Southern States Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-298) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. The Upper South, East: Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland; CHAPTER 2. The Upper South, West: Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee; CHAPTER 3. The Carolinas; CHAPTER 4. Georgia; CHAPTER 5. Alabama and Florida; CHAPTER 6. Mississippi; CHAPTER 7. Louisiana; CHAPTER 8. Texas; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Note to the Reader; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The great majority of the South's plantation homes have been destroyed over time, and many have long been forgotten. In Lost Plantations of the South , Marc R. Matrana weaves together photographs, diaries and letters, architectural renderings, and other rare documents to tell the story of sixty of these vanquished estates and the people who once called them home. From plantations that were destroyed by natural disaster such as Alabama?s Forks of Cypress, to



those that were intentionally demolished such as Seven Oaks in Louisiana and Mount Brilliant in Kentucky, Matrana resurrects these lost ma