Burley: Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century - Paperback

by Ann K. Ferrell (Author)

Once iconic American symbols, tobacco farms are gradually disappearing. It is difficult for many people to lament the loss of a crop that has come to symbolize addiction, disease, and corporate deception; yet, in Kentucky, the plant has played an important role in economic development and prosperity. Burley tobacco-a light, air-cured variety used in cigarette production-has long been the Commonwealth's largest cash crop and an important aspect of regional identity, along with bourbon, bluegrass

Author Biography

Ann K. Ferrell is assistant professor of folk studies at Western Kentucky University.