Where the wild animals is plentiful
Subtitle: diary of an Alabama fur trader's daughter, 1912-1914
By: May Jordan ; edited by Elisa Moore Baldwin.
Contributors: Baldwin, Elisa Moore, 1940-
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Jordan, Mattie May, 1889-1914 -- Diaries.; Fur trade -- Alabama -- Washington County.; Natural history -- Alabama -- Washington County.; Daughters -- Alabama -- Washington County -- Diaries.; Washington County (Ala.) -- Description and travel.; Washington County (Ala.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.; Washington County (Ala.) -- Rural conditions.
Description: ""I am a little Alabama girl living on the frontier where the wild animals is plentiful," wrote May Jordan in 1912. During the hunting season her father traveled Washington County buying furs, and May - already 23 - accompanied him on two of these trips, cooking meals, helping out with the business, and recording their experiences."--BOOK JACKET.

"May's diary of these trips from December 1912 to March 1914 describes the routine of the fur trade and provides a vivid portrait of wilderness travel and social customs. Through May's eyes, readers can experience the sights and sounds of pine forests and swamps, the difficulty of wading through waist-deep mud, and the neighborliness of the people living in this isolated area. May also shares both the solace of religious faith and her love of laughter as reflected in the jokes she records."--BOOK JACKET.

"Elisa Moore Baldwin provides an introduction that traces Jordan family history and describes economic, social, and political conditions during the period. Because few first-person accounts exist of the life of poor whites, this diary will be invaluable to students of southern and women's history; no comparable work exists for this part of Alabama during this era."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248) and index.