Plowing new ground
Subtitle: the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union and its place in Delta history
By: by Van Hawkins.
Publisher: Donning Co. Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Virginia Beach, VA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781578644148
Subjects: Southern Tenant Farmers' Union -- History; Tenant farmers -- Labor unions -- Arkansas -- History; Farm tenancy -- Arkansas -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: A violent personality; title: Treasure hunt; title: Pawns in play; title: Outcasts upon the world; title: The earth broke open; title: Malice in his eyes; title: Fork in the road; title: The wolf and the lamb; title: Spirits not subdued; title: Sons of toil; title: Cotton patch conflict; title: Massacre at Elaine; title: Knock 'em down fever; title: Poinsett planters; title: Timber, towns and a rising river; title: Actual destitution; title: Widespread effort to chisel; title: Despair in the Delta; title: Tenants on red square; title: A very large number of complaints; title: Too hot to handle; title: Building a better world; title: Red flag spreading; title: Forgotten men of the New Deal; title: Sharecroppers strike; title: Extreme intimidation; title: Creating the demand; title: Eye openin' time; title: Parting ways; title: Trying to keep warm; title: The mad root's poison; title: California dreaming; title: Raising cane; title: The cane mutiny; title: A mark on American history.