![]() He repeatedly lamented the region's many shortcomings: poverty, racial hierarchy, political impotence, lack of inttellectual curiosity, and its tendency to blame all of its twentieth-century problems on the defeat of the Confederacy.Īn informative and entertaining new introduction by Lacy K. His power of description and disarmingly straightforward narrative were the hallmarks of his writing.Ī loyal Southern son, Robertson cherished what he judged to be the South's best traditions: personal independence and responsibility, the rejection of crass materialism, a deep piety, and a love of freedom. An internationally known and respected journalist, Robertson had a knack for finding the interesting and exotic in seemingly humble or ordinary folk and a keen eye for human interest stories. Red Hills and Cotton is suffused with Ben Robertson's deep affection for his native Upcountry South Carolina. ![]()
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