Sisters, Seeds and Cedars: Rediscovering Nineteenth-Century Life through Correspondence from Rural Arkansas and Alabama

History consists mainly of the milestones, theturning points of time. What are often lost in the fray are the details.Thankfully for those who have a hunger for history, books like Sisters,Seeds, and Cedars exist to fill in some of the gaps of history.The book contains letters from two sisters, Cornelia and Clara. Originallyfrom Alabama, Clara moves on to Arkansas, while Cornelia stays where her rootsare. Clara eventually puts down roots of her own, and the sisters' continue toconverse through letter writing for their entire lives.The letters span the generations and provide insight into everyday lifebetween 1850-1928. Without them, it might not be known that [read more]