Katharine and R. J. Reynolds: Partners of Fortune in the Making of the New South
“Michele Gillespie’s sophisticated examination of the intertwined lives of Katharine and R. J. Reynolds represents an exceptional contribution to the historiography of the modern South. At once a penetrating portrait of a marriage and an acute analysis of the many ways in which the lives of the partners shed light on business and social history, Gillespie’s book provides readers with dazzling new insights regarding the dynamics of power in the rapidly modernizing region the Reynoldses called home.”—Peter A. Coclanis, Albert R. Newsome Distinguished Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill