Painted House cotton gin

Painted House cotton gin
Photo by Scott Corey

October 15, 2009

The campus Maroon Edition reading exercise using John Grisham's "A Painted House" got "picky" this week with a cotton production demonstration. At a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' exhibit Thursday, sophomore Clay Deane explained workings of an early 20th Century miniature cotton gin for senior Tatum Collins. It and other Dorman Hall displays help illustrate the Arkansas Delta setting in Grisham's 2001 novel. For more on the reading project, click here.