Crazy in Alabama
Author | : Mark Childress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Alabama |
ISBN | : 9780140230703 |
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Author | : Mark Childress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Alabama |
ISBN | : 9780140230703 |
Author | : Andy Duncan |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2009-06-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1461747287 |
Discover Alabama's curious underside with this oddly entertaining little guide! Travelers with a taste for the bizarre, tacky, and hilarious can visit the Coon Dog Cemetery, learn about the cattle-mutilation mystery, view the world's largest boll weevil, and sip Kudzu Tea. Only a true Southerner could capture the essence of these and other authentic Alabama phenomena, and Andy Duncan does his home state proud.
Author | : Harvey H. Jackson |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0817350683 |
An insider's perspective in a conversational, yet unapologetic style on the events and conditions that shaped modern-day Alabama.
Author | : Mary Johns Wilson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019-10-15 |
Genre | : Alabama |
ISBN | : 9781681062365 |
Alabama is famous for its rowdy sports fans, scholarly rocket scientists, and more good-eatin' restaurants than you can shake a stick at. Whether you were humming Hank Williams tunes before you could walk, or you're just now making your visit to the Yellowhammer State, you'll discover new treasures in 100 Things to Do in Alabama Before You Die. Visit hallowed grounds including the Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard near Tuscumbia, Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn and the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville. Or search for spirits in the ghost towns of St. Stephens and Cahawba. If that's not enough to creep you out, head to the city of Phil Campbell and Dismals Canyon at dusk to discover creepy, crawly, glowing insects. And don't forget the Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, the world's first monument honoring an insect. Get insider's tips for dining in Alabama, like the best places to sample the fruits of farmers' labors, from satsumas in Mobile County to Chilton County peaches. If you need something more substantial, enjoy a stick-to-your-ribs meal at The Chicken Shack in Luverne or a more refined meal at Acre in Auburn from James Beard Award semifinalist chef David Bancroft. Local author and history buff Mary Johns has criss-crossed Alabama, from its majestic mountains to its beautiful beaches to help craft the most interesting itineraries for visitors and Alabamans alike. The result is this thoughtful guide chock-full of tidbits that's sure to make your Alabama experiences special and memorable.
Author | : Tim Hollis |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2013-03-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1614238839 |
Tourism in the Southeast is often associated with Florida--a state that essentially defined the industry in America. Yet Alabama has a fascinating history of tourism all its own. It all began with an enterprising politician. In 1916, John Hollis Bankhead went to great lengths to ensure that one of America's first transcontinental highways went directly through Alabama. Though it was a less efficient route for highway travelers, it marked the birth of Alabama's fledgling tourism industry, which grew exponentially with each passing decade. Since he was a boy, author Tim Hollis has traveled from the Shoals to the coast and amassed an unrivaled knowledge of Alabama tourism. From restored and preserved historic destinations to campy tourist traps and outrageous roadside attractions, this is the complete story of tourism in Alabama.
Author | : Walter L. Fleming |
Publisher | : Good Press |
Total Pages | : 622 |
Release | : 2019-11-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The book tells about the vents and political attitudes during the reconstruction period in Alabama after the civil war. It provides a great background for understanding the current political and economic situation of the state from a historical perspective. The author of the book, Walter Lynwood Fleming (1874–1932), a historian of the South and Reconstruction, prepared the Ph.D. thesis on the same topic, and some parts of the book are part of the materials he collected for the work.
Author | : Natalie Chanin |
Publisher | : Harry N. Abrams |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2008-03-01 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781584796381 |
Includes 20 projects to make, designer and author demonstrates how she learned to sew and how she has learned that what she makes is important to the community where she grew up.
Author | : Watt Key |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2010-08-03 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1429987650 |
In this compelling, action-packed book, Watt Key gives us the thrilling coming-of-age story of the unique and extremely appealing Alabama Moon, the basis for the film of the same name starring Jimmy Bennett and John Goodman. For as long as ten-year-old Moon can remember, he has lived out in the forest in a shelter with his father. They keep to themselves, their only contact with other human beings an occasional trip to the nearest general store. When Moon's father dies, Moon follows his father's last instructions: to travel to Alaska to find others like themselves. But Moon is soon caught and entangled in a world he doesn't know or understand; he's become property of the government he has been avoiding all his life. As the spirited and resourceful Moon encounters constables, jails, institutions, lawyers, true friends, and true enemies, he adapts his wilderness survival skills and learns to survive in the outside world, and even, perhaps, make his home there. This title has Common Core connections. Alabama Moon is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Author | : Susan E. Goodman |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2016-01-05 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0802737412 |
The inspiring story of four-year-old Sarah Roberts, the first African American girl to try to integrate a white school, and how her experience in 1847 set greater change in motion. Junior Library Guild Selection 2017 Orbis Pictus Honor Book Chicago Public LibraryKids Best of the Best Book 2016 A Nerdy Book Club Best Nonfiction Book of 2016 An NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book of 2017 In 1847, a young African American girl named Sarah Roberts was attending a school in Boston. Then one day she was told she could never come back. She didn't belong. The Otis School was for white children only. Sarah deserved an equal education, and the Roberts family fought for change. They made history. Roberts v. City of Boston was the first case challenging our legal system to outlaw segregated schools. It was the first time an African American lawyer argued in a supreme court. These first steps set in motion changes that ultimately led to equality under the law in the United States. Sarah's cause was won when people--black and white--stood together and said, No more. Now, right now, it is time for change! With gorgeous art from award-winning illustrator E. B. Lewis, The First Step is an inspiring look at the first lawsuit to demand desegregation--long before the American Civil Rights movement, even before the Civil War. Backmatter includes: integration timeline, bios on key people in the book, list of resources, and author's note.
Author | : Joseph H. Woodward |
Publisher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0817354328 |
Go to resource on all the furnaces that made Alabama internationally significant in the iron and steel industry This work is the first and remains the only source of information on all blast furnaces built and operated in Alabama, from the first known charcoal furnace of 1815 (Cedar Creek Furnace in Franklin County) to the coke-fired giants built before the onset of the Great Depression. Woodward surveys the iron industry from the early, small local market furnaces through the rise of the iron industry in support of the Confederate war effort, to the giant internationally important industry that developed in the 1890s. The bulk of the book consists of individual illustrated histories of all blast furnaces ever constructed and operated in the state, furnaces that went into production and four that were built but never went into blast. Written to provide a record of every blast furnace built in Alabama from 1815 to 1940, this book was widely acclaimed and today remains one of the most quoted references on the iron and steel industry.