Country Women Cope with Hard Times: A Collection of Oral Histories

by Melissa Walker

Book Overview

Rare glimpses into the hardscrabble lives of rural Southern women and a model for oral history practice

"It was hard times," French Carpenter Clark recalls, a sentiment unanimously echoed by the sixteen other women who talk about their lives in Country Women Cope with Hard Times. Born between 1890 and 1940 in eastern Tennessee and western South Carolina, these women grew up on farms, in labor camps, and in remote towns during...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570039534
• ISBN13: 9781570039539
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"