For subsistence farmers in eastern Kentucky wealthy horse owners in thecentral Bluegrass and tobacco growers in Western Kentucky land was andcontinues to be one... » 

For subsistence farmers in eastern Kentucky wealthy horse owners in thecentral Bluegrass and tobacco growers in Western Kentucky land was andcontinues to be one of the commonwealths greatest sources of economic growth.It is also a source of nostalgia for a people devoted to tradition acharacteristic that has significantly influenced Kentuckys culture sometimesto the detriment of education and development. As timely now as when it wasfirst published Thomas D. Clarks classic history of agrarianism preparesreaders for a new era that promises to bring rapid change to the land and thepeople of Kentucky. «