Hugh Hammond Bennett

Modernism is a type of Modernism that uses allusions to classic literature and complex writing to make the reader work for the meaning of the poem, along with other characteristics of Modernist poetry like unusual form and shocking content. Many lines in Hugh Selwyn Mauberley are allusions to Greek mythology, Homer’s Odyssey, or are in another language. His true Penelope was Flaubert, He fished by obstinate…

Prior to 1930, the area of the United States between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains (Great Plains) was lush with natural prairieland vegetation and abundant rainfall. It was these characteristics which made it seem ideal for westward development across the United States. However, during the 1930’s, the Great Plains endured a nine year period of severe droughts which lead to intense dust storms which killed crops, livestock and people. This time period has been consequently been…

Representative Men, The Conduct Of Life, and Society And Solitude. Bennett, Hugh Hammond - (1881-1960) Known as the “Father of Soil Conservation” Bennett studied soil samples throughout Louisa County, Virginia. The county had told him to investigate the reputation of declining crop yields. He became convinced that soil erosion was a problem not just for the individual farmer but also for rural economies. In the early 1920’s, Bennett wrote many articles and journal entries about the impact of…