![]() ![]() The author is honest as she shares her life of hardship, poverty, death, and loss. ![]() It was a totally different world and place back then. Nothing makes you appreciate modern conveniences and modern times quite like reading a book like this. This book covers the time period and culture of that area well. There is a lot written on pioneer life, but I have never read anything that covers the Mississippi Delta area of Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Trials of the Earth is a memoir about pioneer life in the Mississippi Delta. I doubt this book got much press or attention when it was published, but it should have. Trials of the Earth was published in 1992 by University Press of Mississippi. The new and the shiny books are what are often pushed by publishers and on social media, but there are so many hidden gems that were written ten, twenty, and even fifty years ago. ![]() Trials of the Earth is a memoir written long before the modern day popularity of writing memoirs. There are tons of them being written and promoted. I knew it would work great for my nonfiction books for every state challenge. I picked up Trials of the Earth by Mary Mann Hamilton at a used bookstore. ![]()
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