An Edgefield Planter and His World : The 1840s Journals of Whitfield Brooks

Opens a window on the life of an elite family and its circle in a now iconic place, during a crystalizing decade of the Antebellum era. This journal reveals Brooks' attentiveness to his plantation, self-image as a paternal master, religious sensibility, genteel but honour-bound bearing, personal and family connections, and perspective on politics.