From Can See to Can't: Texas Cotton Farmers on the Southern Prairies Martin Trautschold and fellow Cossacks

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his family and his community after that great tragedy we know as the Civil War

Katherine Duncan Jones was an advisor to William Boyd for his film about Shakespeare's life (A Waste of Shame)

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From Can See to Can't: Texas Cotton Farmers on the Southern Prairies Martin Trautschold and fellow CossacksCotton farming was the only way of life that many Texans knew from the days of Austin's Colony up until World War II. For those who worked the land, it was a dawn till dark, can see to can't, process that required not only a wide range of specialized skills but also a willingness to gamble on forces often beyond a farmer's control weather, insects, plant diseases, and the cotton market. This groundbreaking book offers an insider's view of Texas cotton