Download or read book Our Fathers' Fields written by James E. Kibler and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work chronicles six generations of the Hardy family, who purchased a South Carolina plantation in 1786 and farmed it for two centuries. The book also examines the natural history of the plantation and how it became one of the most valuable farms in the South.