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Briggs, William J. The Cotton Man: Notes On The Life And Times Of Wofford B. (Bill) Camp

Briggs, William J. The Cotton Man: Notes On The Life And Times Of Wofford B. (Bill) Camp

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(030049) Briggs, William J, and Cauthen, Henry. The Cotton Man: Notes On The Life And Times Of Wofford B. (Bill) Camp. Columbia, SC: Univ. Of South Carolina, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 341 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs. Inscribed by author Briggs on title page . Born on a farm in 1894 in what is now Cherokee County, South Carolina, Wofford Camp is the man who proved that long- staple cotton could be grown successfully in the San Joaquin Valley in California. He did it at the request of the U. S.Government in World War I. This is the story of how he did it and of the astounding career that followed. Camp is considered to be one of the most important thinkers in the history of agriculture ISBN: 0872494152 (Camp, Wofford, Agriculturists, Agriculture, Cotton, California)

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