Excerpts from "A Place of Springs" by Viola Goode Liddell.
In the book Liddell describes life and changes in Camden, Alabama, during the twentieth century; the author lived in the town from 1933 until her death in 1998. In the first passage she discusses the effects of the Great Depression in different sections of the country; President Roosevelt's ant...
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| Summary: | In the book Liddell describes life and changes in Camden, Alabama, during the twentieth century; the author lived in the town from 1933 until her death in 1998. In the first passage she discusses the effects of the Great Depression in different sections of the country; President Roosevelt's anticipated New Deal; and the financial problems she experienced as a teacher, such as an unpaid salary and a possible shortened school year. In the second passage she examines the relationship between the Northern Scotch Presbyterians who settled in Camden and their Southern neighbors; she traces their social and political attitudes to display a growing similarity over several decades. In the last passage she describes the arrival of electrification and refrigeration in Camden. |
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