James Monroe Smith: Georgia Planter, Before Death and After (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780820325255)

Few men in the history of Georgia have come down to the present in hearsay and folklore as profusely and as controversially as has James Monroe Smith, who became a millionaire farmer around the turn of the twentieth century. He was born near Washington, Georgia, in 1839 and died on his plantation a few miles from Athens in 1915.

Smith's plantation "Smithonia" was measured in terms of square miles. He developed an empire of farming and allied interests, among which was a railroad to connect his plantation with other rail lines. He served terms in the state legislature in both the house and the senate, and in 1906 ran unsuccessfully for governor.

The colorful career of Smith, a bachelor, did not end with his death but was kept alive in numerous claims and counter-claims in the settling of his estate. E. Merton Coulter seeks to separate fact from fiction in his account of Smith's varied activities and the final dissolution of his wealth.

Author: Ellis Merton Coulter, E. Merton Coulter
ISBN-10: 0820325252
ISBN-13: 9780820325255
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Language: English
Published: 09/09/2002
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d