I received this cookbook as a wedding present from mom 20 years ago and I have used it so much the cover and some pages are lost!!!!...This cookbook is the best I have ever seen for good home or southern cooking. It has my Nana's Sugar cookie recipe I use every year for Christmas cookies. It has cornbread dressing for Thanksgiving Dinner just like my mom used to make and Turkey Gravy and Chicken & Dumplings just like my dear friend Pat taught me to make!It also has recipes that have been passed on by friends and family- Shirley in Florida and Aunt Sara in Arkansas passed on the same Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake-go figure-it's in there too! It also has some recipes I have never seen but use religiously now- like Monkey Bread and Peanut Brittle. This cookbook has everything and more-and I use no other!

This book is a great resource for the Indian textile researcher. The pictures are well-done and the analysis is very competent. Ms. Barnes is very skilled at clearly stated what can be known and what can be conjectured from an analysis of these textiles. As a budding textile researcher I found her analysis both informative, and comprehensive. It certainly isn't a light a read, but the clear explanations make it possible for even a beginner to gain knowledge from this book.

Excellent book. This is a very thorough survey of how the Industrial Revolution came to and had an impact on Lancaster City and County, Pennsylvania. Prior the Industrial Revolution, Lancaster's economy was largely farm based, but also thrived on a large portion of skilled artisans and small factory-like operations. The first and perhaps most major step towards industrialization came with the establishment of a cotton mill inudstry, a trend which was sweeping its way through New England and had begun to enter the Mid-Atlantic states in the late 1840's and 1850's. While other cities through which the cotton mill craze had swept were dependent upon the mills due to a lagging economy, Lancaster was able to incorporate the mills into an already diversified and largely successful economy.

Dr. Winpenny--professor of history, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA--provides a wonderful historical background for both Lancaster City and County as well as an economical history of both. By doing so, the reader is easily able to discern the cause and effect of the factory system and the Industrial Revolution in Lancaster. Winpenny provides thorough empirical data and statistics as realistic support to the point presented in the book.

For any student of economic history, the Industrial Revolution, or for those who have a particular interest in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, this book is an essential.

I have my personal copy of Land of Cotton cookbook and having found it to contain very good and easy recipes. Have never been disappointed yet. I highly recommend it. I often give it as gifts.

I really enjoyed this book. When you read it, you feel like you're sitting in a cozy family room talking to the author who happens to be a really nice guy (and my uncle).

If you're looking for a good book on historic Indian textiles - what we've got and how it's made - this is the jackpot! Lots of great pictures, and written by someone who knows about history and dye techniques! Great buy!

I happen to be part of one of the families discussed in this book. I found it to be quite nice. I wasn't mentioned in the book but my mother, grandma, granpa etc. was. I think Geta did a fabulous job in making this book a success! It took a lot of time to archive this information about my family, and through this book, I am able to know where my ancestors came from and pass the book on to my children in the years to come. thank You.

Sincerely, Sommer Hayes

A book that will take you back to the times of youth and rekindle the images that were buried with childhood. A facinating glimpse into the life and times of growing up in rural America and of "roots" from which we all spring. I truly enjoyed its comingling of the reality of growing ups happy tales and sad tales and the images they brought to my own mind about my youth.

Well worth the price - especially considering the welcome suprise on opening which was a copy signed by the author!

Although this book is now more than twenty years old, it is still the best book on its subject. Wright has the ability to bring material together from a number of sources and from a number of points of view and make a coherent story. It is too bad that someone hasn't done the same for other regions of the country.

With lots of color (black and white) photos, this book looks at the most powerful (& at 15 million German Marks - a lot of money in the late 60s - most expensive at the time to develop)sports car ever to take to the track.

It goes into its history at Le Mans - its originally purpose being to win there at virtually any cost, including looking at the long tail version that would reach around 240 mph on the long (Mulsane) straight there, and the factory sponsored John Wyer/Gulf sky blue & orange colored short tailed cars that dominated many long distance races.

It also looks at the 917s that might be more familiar to Americans - the turbocharged open cockpit Roger Penkse prepared Can-Am series monsters that produced outrageous horsepower and which arguably put the final nail in the coffin of an already dying racing series. This was due to their enormous power - more than any normally aspirated engine could produce, the attention to preparation by the Penske team - more than any other team but the then underpowered McClaren works team, the driving skill of its drivers, not least Mark Donahue, and the rising costs of gas due to the October war in the Middle East causing presssure to be brought on the series' governing body.

No other team could equal Penske's Porsche turbo 917 and once McClaren pulled out of the series it was all over bar the shouting.

The book has a good, easy to read but informative text - the author, Michael Cotton, obviously did his homework - as well as a list of the car's successes at the back.

The book is maybe a little on the slim side - it almost got a 4 star rating from me as a result, nevertheless, a great addition to any real motor racing enthusiast's library.