Twilight in Arcadia, Tobacco Farming in Indiana

Twilight in Arcadia, Tobacco Farming in Indiana; By Susan Neville & Tyagan Miller; 2000; Softcover; 108 pp; 10x8; chiefly illustrated; Item IHS036 This book documents tobacco farming in southern Indiana. Included are essays by Susan Neville, and black-and-white photographs by Tyagan Miller and bibliographical references. This book provides information on how the tobacco is both an industry and a culture for many generations of workers. The book is mainly made up of pictures depicting the stages of the tobacco farming process - and takes a thought-provoking look at the dependence on migrant workers with the industry. Personal note - I found the book compelling, as I have Southwest Virginia ancestry. One of the interesting cultural things I noticed during my family's trips during the 1970s and 80s to Grayson County, Virginia, was that many of the family and their neighbors had a backyard patch of tobacco that would be sold at a nearby auction. My mother (a non-smoker her entire life)