White Beans and Cornbread

Travel back in time to the late 1800s and meet Colonel Edmund Cole, a Civil War veteran and wealthy entrepreneur, destined to change the future lives of thousands. Then, move forward to the 1960s and experience daily life at a special place, Tennessee Preparatory School, which was the end result of what Cole created for needy children throughout the state. White Beans and Cornbread... Growing up in the South is the unusual and interesting story involving a family that became part of a one-of-a-kind institution filled with struggle, emotion, humor and joy, which was begging to be told.