The Old Cotton-Gin (1910)

The Old Cotton-Gin is a novel written by John Trotwood Moore and published in 1910. Set in the American South during the late 19th century, the book tells the story of a young man named Jack, who inherits a cotton-gin from his father. Jack is determined to modernize the gin and make it more efficient, but he faces resistance from the older generation, who are skeptical of his new ideas. Along the way, Jack falls in love with a local girl named Mary, but their relationship is threatened by the social and economic tensions of the time. The novel explores themes of tradition, progress, love, and the changing landscape of the South in the aftermath of the Civil War. With its vivid descriptions of rural life and its characters' struggles to adapt to a changing world, The Old Cotton-Gin is a timeless portrait of a bygone era.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.