Seed From Madagascar
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1937. Hardcover. First Edition. xiv, 250pp+index. Foxing to endpapers, ink name on half title page, else a very good hardback in darkened, rubbed, chipped, and internally tape repaired that has a ring mark and triangular spot of loss to the front panel. Far from perfect, but uncommon in any sort of jacket. Very good. Item #70168
A regional classic about the rise and fall of the fortunes of the prominent Hayward family that built its fortunes on the institution of slavery, the skills and labor of African Americans. Heyward explores not just the agricultural and economic aspects of rice growing, but also the complex social and racial relationships of the antebellum South and the dramatic changes brought by the Civil War.
Price: $300.00