Edmund Ruffin (794-1865) is remembered as an innovative American agriculturalist and pioneer in soil chemistry- and as an advocate of Southern secession.Here; published for the first time; are the two surviving volumes of Ruffin's manuscript memoirs; written in 1851 with additions in 1853 and 1855. Unlike Ruffin's diaries begun four years later; Incidents of My Life presents the public man; the Ruffin he wanted outsiders and posteriy to see. The volumes recount his career as a scientific farmer; his writing of An Essay on Calcareous Manures; his editing of the Farmers' Register; and the beginnings of his involvement in reform movements in the 1850s.His recollections were intended as a moral record for his heirs; focusing on himself as a good example. Also included are Ruffin's memoirs of his two daughters who died in 1855 and; as an appendix; his account of the death of his mentor; Thomas Cocke; which are useful sources for mid-nineteenth-century social history.
#2372095 in Books Rutgers University Press 1989-09-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 7.99 x .65 x 5.00l; .89 #File Name: 0813514967288 pages
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