A Woman Rice Planter (Classic Reprint): Patience Pennington: Patience Pennington (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Pringle, Elizabeth W. Allston

 
9781331652045: A Woman Rice Planter (Classic Reprint): Patience Pennington: Patience Pennington (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

A vivid, real-life portrait of a determined woman-led enterprise in the Rice Belt. The book presents Patience Pennington’s story as she manages two large plantations in South Carolina, facing weather, labor, and market challenges with practical skill and steadfast resolve.


Through a plainly told narrative, the reader encounters a frontier of plantation life shaped by endurance, resourcefulness, and a humane approach to duty. The tale highlights a resilient woman who guides operations, negotiates tough obstacles, and remains thoughtful about the people who work for her, all while seeking a life of purpose beyond mere profit.



  • Experience a firsthand account of plantation management in a historical Southern setting.

  • See how leadership, persistence, and practical know-how shape everyday work and outcomes.

  • Observe reflections on race, labor, and community voiced with tenderness and candor.

  • Understand the personal costs and rewards of pioneering agricultural ventures during a time of upheaval.


Ideal for readers interested in women’s history, Southern history, and early American agriculture, especially those who value courage, practicality, and human insight in nonfiction.


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Excerpt from A Woman Rice Planter: Patience Pennington

While the influences and mechanisms of the present world tend to make all parts Of it alike in thought and in costume, the various nooks and corners of our own country are gradually losing their original highly accentuated characteristics, and are merging into a general similarity. Most Of what you hear and see any morning in the towns of Massachusetts you will hear and see in Omaha, Denver, Seattle, or anywhere else, because the department stores advertise and sell the same kind Of clothes everywhere at the same time, and the same news is everywhere published in the daily papers.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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