SINGING VALLEYS: The Story of Corn

by Dorothy Giles ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 11, 1940

A thesis book, which includes much of interest, -- history, economics, society. Corn treated as a determining factor in the country's growth and development. It betrayed the Indians; it made possible the tobacco trade and slave economy of the South; it protected New England for its fish and fur trade; it conditioned sectional differences; it made possible exploration, pioneering and expansion and the feeding of a growing people; it promoted the creation of towns around mills. Some of it is thin; much of it is worth reading. Valuable informational book in connection with history and geography as supplementary reading.

Pub Date: Sept. 11, 1940

ISBN: 1153550504

Page Count: -

Publisher: Random House

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1940

Categories: NONFICTION