Bale O’ Cotton: The Mechanical Art of Cotton Ginning

Karen Gerhardt Britton
Hardcover, 125 pages
ISBN: 0-89096-510-2

A unique blend of fact and folklore about cotton ginning, this book traces the development of the industry, the equipment, and the techniques of this integral facet of American life from its beginnings in 1793, through its heyday in the Deep South, to its present technological peak.