Confessions of Edward Isham A Poor White Life of the Old South

Name: Confessions of Edward Isham A Poor White Life of the Old South
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ISBN: 9780820320731

ISBN-10: 0820320730

ISBN-13: 9780820320731

Edition: 820th 1998

Authors: Charles C. Bolton, Scott P. Culclasure, Scott P. Culclasure, J. William Harris

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In 1859, the Georgian Edward Isham, convicted in North Carolina of murdering a Piedmont farmer, dictated his life to his defence-attorney. This autobiography provides a perspective on the poor whites, and is accompanied by a selection of essays.

Book details

List price: $27.95
Edition: 820th
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Publication date: 11/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.770
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction




Autobiography of Edward Isham, Alias "Hardaway Bone"



Edward Isham and Poor White Labor in the Old South




A Stereoscopic View of the Frontier: George Swain, Edward Isham, and the Resettlement of the Cherokee Country




"I Have Killed a Damned Dog": Murder by a Poor White in the Antebellum South




Edward Isham and Criminal Justice for the Poor White in Antebellum North Carolina




Mothers, Lovers, and Wives: Images of Poor White Women in Edward Isham's Autobiography




The Worlds of Nineteenth-Century Condemned Men



App. A: Maps



Superior Court Judge Robert R. Heath's Statement of the Case State v. Hardaway Bone



Newspaper Accounts Relating to Edward Isham


Notes


Contributors


Index