Synopsis
Southerners are historically great story tellers often drawing from their own lives to weave tales of sentiment, humor, drama, or sometimes even horror. They enjoy both the hearing and the telling of good stories. In the case of this book, Arvin F. Spell III grew up listening to his dad tell the family stories about life from the turn of the 19th into the 20th century. That period in southern Georgia was a time of great prosperity for his predecessors, but as with all families, high drama and heart-breaking sorrow were parts of those times. Mr. Spell, in recounting his fascinating and endearing family memories, shares the flavor and color of those days taking his readers back in time to another way of life.
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Timber Barons: Privilege & Scandal
Edité par
Outskirts Press, 2017, 2017
ISBN 10 : 1478792965
ISBN 13 : 9781478792963
Ancien ou d'occasion
Soft cover
Vendeur : Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, Etats-Unis
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Soft cover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. chronicling Arvin F. Spell III's Southern family's experiences and prosperity in the early 20th-century timber industry, filled with personal drama, family secrets, and a glimpse into a bygone era of big business and high society in Georgia, reflecting the opulent but often scandalous lives of powerful families. The title evokes themes of wealth, power, moral compromises, and the dramatic stories often surrounding America's industrial titans, much like the historical "Robber Barons" of railroads. : A personal family history rooted in Southern Georgia, detailing the rise of the Spell family and their involvement in the timber business from the late 1800s into the 1900s. Themes: Explores family legacies, the business of timber, and the interplay of privilege, drama, and scandal within a prosperous family's life. "Timber Barons": Refers to powerful, wealthy figures who dominated the timber industry, controlling vast forests and mills, similar to railroad "Robber Barons" or "Captains of Industry". ; Arvin Francis Spell, III (1939-2023) was born in Waycross, GA as the only child to Arvin F. Spell, II and Ulma Johnson Spell and grew up on the family's three generation farm in Hazlehurst, GA. A graduate of Mercer University, he taught school in South Georgia for several years before moving to Atlanta to start a family and become a Certified Public Accountant, establishing his own CPA firm in 1974. Spell was an amateur historian and collector of Napoleonic material and furnishings; FINE. Book. N° de réf. du vendeur 009533
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