From its settlement in the late 1700s, the Black Patch-an agricultural region of western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee-has been known for its dark-fired, heavy-

An account of the Black Tobacco wars of Kentucky and Tennessee told by a participant, John G. Miller, who was an attorney that represented plaintiffs against "N

Shortly after 1900, tens of thousands of tobacco growers throughout Kentucky and Tennessee convulsed the region for nearly a decade in a revolt against the mono

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice. Finalist for the Costa Biography Award and long-listed for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence. Named a Best

In the 1920s, tobacco farmers were struggling to form a union, as Buck Duke controlled the market, keeping them in crushing poverty. Two young families, the Dre