Cotton's history in America & the world
Oconee County Democratic Committee's book group. You don't have to be a Democrat, or even live in Oconee County, to join this book discussion group Sincerely, Dan Matthews To: oconee@yahoogroups.com From: oconee@yahoogroups.com Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2015 22:33:06 -0500 Subject: [oconee] Cotton's history in America & the world For February our community book group is reading "Cotton: The Biography of a Revolutionary Fiber" by Stephen Yafa. (Oddly, the title of the hardcover book is different; it's "Big Cotton: How a Humble Fiber Created Fortunes, Wrecked Civilizations, and Put America on the Map.") The Washington Post's reviewer wrote of the book: With wit and intelligence, Yafa demonstrates how a good deal of history can be learned by following a single thread. While his puns -- like that one -- are generally unfortunate, his ambitious narrative energetically summarizes the approximately 5,000 years fr