Rumbling of the Chariot Wheels

Author: I. Jenkins Mikell

This book is a personal account of life on a southern plantation. The gentleman lived on a plantation on or near the island of Edisto in South Carolina. He gives accounts of his childhood living on the plantation and being raised by slaves. He gives insight into the personal side of the Civil War. His anecdotes of life are fun to live with him. He tells stories of hunting and survival. He also gives small stories into people from the time. He hardly ever gives names, which can be frustrating for me because I was actually looking for them. I was hoping to find information about my relatives. He is possibly among them in some off-hand way (something like a cousin twice removed...). I did enjoy the book. It was not a mass-produced book, just a reprint I got a hold of through Ebay. I am glad that I read it.