Lightwood,New Adair What About The Women

What About The Women

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Product Details Paperback University Of Nebraska Press

At 736 pages

Completely Unprepared For What She Finds In The Ruins Of Civilization

Lightwood,New Adair What About The WomenLightwood The Novel Appeared Originally In 1939. Set In The Piney Woods Of South Georgia Just After The Civil War, It Tells The Story Of A Struggle Between Local Land Owners And Northern Investors. The Investors Sought To Harvest The 'Wooden Treasures' Of Virgin Pine Forests. Over Time, They Used The Power Of Money And The Courts To Wrest The Title To The Lands. A Labyrinthine Legal Battle Stretched Out For More Than Half A Century, Culminating In The