![]() Eighty-three years later, in partnership with Mary Mann Hamiltons descendants, were proud to share this irreplaceable piece of American history. ![]() It didnt win, and we almost lost the chance to bring this raw, vivid narrative to readers. An early draft of Trials of the Earth was submitted to a writers competition sponsored by Little, Brown in 1933. The result is this astonishing first-person account of a pioneer woman who braved grueling work, profound tragedy, and a pitiless wilderness (she and her family faced floods, tornadoes, fires, bears, panthers, and snakes) to protect her home in the early American South. Near the end of her life, Mary Mann Hamilton (1866 - c.1936) began recording her experiences in the backwoods of the Mississippi Delta. ![]() Book Synopsis The astonishing first-person account of Mississippi pioneer woman struggling to survive, protect her family, and make a home in the early American South. About the Book Originally published by University Press of Mississippi, October 1992-Title page verso. ![]()
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