Publication

1988-08-25 - Oxford University Press, USA

Language

English

Word Count

95,000 words, Guess

Page Count

380 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100195053087
  • ISBN-139780195053081
  • LibraryThing2102978
  • Open LibraryOL7386555M

First Sentence

James Henry Hammond compared his life to that of the mythical Sisyphus, compelled to roll a stone to the top of a slope, the stone always escaping him near the top and rolling down again except, Hammond added melodramatically, that "the stone rolling back has always broken some limb of mine and utterly crushed some body connected with me."

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Secret and Sacred: The Diaries of James Henry Hammond, A Southern SlaveholderOxford University Press, USA1988-08-25

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