Diaries of Robert Henry Cartmell: A Cotton Planter in Antebellum Madison County, Tennessee, 1849-1860

Robert Henry Cartmell (1828-1915) was a young man on his own for the first time, making his start as a cotton planter in West Tennessee in the 1850s. What began simply as a means to account for his farming activities ultimately evolved into a personal diary of thirty-three (likely thirty-four) volumes through the mid to late nineteenth century and into the first quarter of the twentieth century. Each book chronicled not only his life, but the lives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1940127130
• ISBN13: 9781940127132
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: McCann Publishing
• Length: 706 Pages
• Weight: 2.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"