Project Gutenberg 2011-05-30 Public domain in the USA. 233 Hackley, Sarah Bell 09024896 The Tobacco Tiller: A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields E-text prepared by David Garcia, Mary Meehan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Kentuckiana Digital Library (http://kdl.kyvl.org) "The Tobacco Tiller: A Tale of the Kentucky Tobacco Fields" by Sarah Bell Hackley is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story focuses on the lives of tobacco farmers in Kentucky, primarily through the experiences of Ephriam Doggett and his family, exploring the struggles and complexities of agricultural life, particularly the cultivation of tobacco. The opening of the novel introduces Mr. Ephriam Doggett and his family as they navigate the challenges of raising tobacco. In a light-hearted yet serious conversation among family and guests, they discuss the effects of weather on their crops, the state of their living conditions, and their hopes for better prospects. Key themes emerge, including the hardships of farm life, the dynamics within the family and the community, and elements of humor and camaraderie that reflect their resilience. Hackley's vivid characterization and setting establish a rich context for the unfolding narrative within Kentucky's tobacco culture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Kentucky -- Fiction Tobacco farmers -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 370648 2025-06-14T17:59:25.958326 text/html 372582 2011-05-30T11:27:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 335431 2011-05-30T11:30:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 425256 2025-06-14T17:59:35.139272 application/epub+zip 428509 2025-06-14T17:59:29.763283 application/epub+zip 212973 2025-06-14T17:59:28.342333 application/epub+zip 671155 2025-06-14T17:59:39.165258 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 650089 2025-06-14T17:59:34.201267 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347189 2022-09-16T14:34:11.094470 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 349877 2025-06-14T17:59:25.145328 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 349457 2011-05-30T11:20:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 138441 2011-05-30T11:20:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18289 2025-06-14T17:59:39.301242 application/rdf+xml 20989 2025-06-14T17:59:28.898288 image/jpeg 4472 2025-06-14T17:59:28.619296 image/jpeg 416634 2025-06-14T17:59:26.002364 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog