Country Life in Georgia in the Days of My Youth (Signal Lives) (Hardcover)

~ Rebeca Latimer Felton (Author)

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 299 pages
• Publisher: Arno Press (April 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0405128398
• ISBN-13: 978-0405128394
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,739,099 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Rebecca Felton's book about early life in Georgia, September 26, 2007

By	Noble Collins - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is well written in the mostly formal style of the late eighteen -early nineteen hundreds time period. Mrs. Felton was highly educated for a woman of her time, and she reflects this throughout. She was well connected politically and worked diligently for causes she believed in, especially women's rights and the inevitable transition out of slavery.

The book is a nice time capsule of events and people which spans early rural life in Georgia all the way to being appointed the first female U.S.Senator in history. Historians will find a few nuggets written in the first person.

My biggest complaint, and is a large one, is that much of the book is merely assembled directly from various papers Mrs. Felton produced during her lifetime. The narrative quality is lost in these passages, plus the type becomes so small as to be quite difficult to read.