| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 108.2

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Charlene M. Boyer Lewis. Ladies and Gentlemen on Display: Planter Society and the Virginia Springs, 1790–1860. (The America South Series.) Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia. 2001. Pp. x, 293. Cloth $55.00, paper $19.50.

The Virginia Springs were a series of resorts scattered through the valleys of the Blue Ridge and eastern Appalachian mountains on the border of present-day Virginia and West Virginia. As early as the 1700s, these mineral water springs attracted the Southern elite fleeing the sickness and malaise of plantation life during the warm season in search of health, relaxation, and amusement. Some, like Hot Springs and White Sulphur Springs (home of the famed Greenbrier Hotel) soldier on, while others, such as Red Sweet Springs or Rockbridge Alum Spring, exist only in ruins or memory. Charlene M. Boyer Lewis's well-researched and well-written monograph details the time when the Virginia Springs played a crucial role in the elaborate world of antebellum southern planters. The book contains insightful analysis of the heterosocial nature of these resorts, their competitive aspects, and the curious interaction between service workers (often slaves) and guests (usually slave owners). . . .

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