Author: Bishop Davenport
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Category : North America
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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A History and New Gazetteer
Author: Bishop Davenport
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Category : North America
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Category : North America
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Geological Survey Bulletin
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
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History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography
Author: Thomas McAdory Owen
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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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James Still
Author: Carol Boggess
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813174198
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
James Still (1906–2001) first achieved national recognition in the 1930s as a poet, and he remains one of the most beloved and important writers in Appalachian literature. Though he is best known for the seminal novel River of Earth—which Time magazine called a "work of art" and which is often compared to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath as a poignant literary exploration of the Great Depression—Still is also recognized as a significant writer of short fiction. His stories were frequently published in outlets such as the Atlantic and the Saturday Evening Post and won numerous awards, including the O. Henry Memorial Prize. In the definitive biography of the man known as the "dean of Appalachian literature," Carol Boggess offers a detailed portrait of Still. Despite his notable output and importance as a mentor to generations of young writers, Still was extremely private, preferring a quiet existence in a century-old log house between the waters of Wolfpen Creek and Dead Mare Branch in Knott County, Kentucky. Boggess, who befriended the author in the last decade of his life, draws on correspondence, journal entries, numerous interviews with Still and his family, and extensive archival research to illuminate his somewhat mysterious personal life. James Still: A Life explores every period of Still's life, from his childhood in Alabama, through the years he spent supporting himself in various odd jobs while trying to build his literary career, to the decades he spent fostering other talents. This long-overdue biography not only offers an important perspective on the author's work and art but also celebrates the legacy of a man who succeeded in becoming a legend in his own lifetime.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813174198
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
James Still (1906–2001) first achieved national recognition in the 1930s as a poet, and he remains one of the most beloved and important writers in Appalachian literature. Though he is best known for the seminal novel River of Earth—which Time magazine called a "work of art" and which is often compared to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath as a poignant literary exploration of the Great Depression—Still is also recognized as a significant writer of short fiction. His stories were frequently published in outlets such as the Atlantic and the Saturday Evening Post and won numerous awards, including the O. Henry Memorial Prize. In the definitive biography of the man known as the "dean of Appalachian literature," Carol Boggess offers a detailed portrait of Still. Despite his notable output and importance as a mentor to generations of young writers, Still was extremely private, preferring a quiet existence in a century-old log house between the waters of Wolfpen Creek and Dead Mare Branch in Knott County, Kentucky. Boggess, who befriended the author in the last decade of his life, draws on correspondence, journal entries, numerous interviews with Still and his family, and extensive archival research to illuminate his somewhat mysterious personal life. James Still: A Life explores every period of Still's life, from his childhood in Alabama, through the years he spent supporting himself in various odd jobs while trying to build his literary career, to the decades he spent fostering other talents. This long-overdue biography not only offers an important perspective on the author's work and art but also celebrates the legacy of a man who succeeded in becoming a legend in his own lifetime.
Forthcoming Books
Author: Rose Arny
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada
Author: American Association for State and Local History
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759100022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1366
Book Description
This multi-functional reference is a useful tool to find information about history-related organizations and programs and to contact those working in history across the country.
Publisher: Rowman Altamira
ISBN: 9780759100022
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1366
Book Description
This multi-functional reference is a useful tool to find information about history-related organizations and programs and to contact those working in history across the country.
Place Names in Alabama
Author: Virginia O. Foscue
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 081730410X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Catalogs some 2700 Alabama communities, ranging from Abanda, in Chambers County, to Zip City, in Lauderdale County.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 081730410X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Catalogs some 2700 Alabama communities, ranging from Abanda, in Chambers County, to Zip City, in Lauderdale County.
Southern Slavery and the Law, 1619-1860
Author: Thomas D. Morris
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807864307
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
This volume is the first comprehensive history of the evolving relationship between American slavery and the law from colonial times to the Civil War. As Thomas Morris clearly shows, racial slavery came to the English colonies as an institution without strict legal definitions or guidelines. Specifically, he demonstrates that there was no coherent body of law that dealt solely with slaves. Instead, more general legal rules concerning inheritance, mortgages, and transfers of property coexisted with laws pertaining only to slaves. According to Morris, southern lawmakers and judges struggled to reconcile a social order based on slavery with existing English common law (or, in Louisiana, with continental civil law.) Because much was left to local interpretation, laws varied between and even within states. In addition, legal doctrine often differed from local practice. And, as Morris reveals, in the decades leading up to the Civil War, tensions mounted between the legal culture of racial slavery and the competing demands of capitalism and evangelical Christianity.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807864307
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
This volume is the first comprehensive history of the evolving relationship between American slavery and the law from colonial times to the Civil War. As Thomas Morris clearly shows, racial slavery came to the English colonies as an institution without strict legal definitions or guidelines. Specifically, he demonstrates that there was no coherent body of law that dealt solely with slaves. Instead, more general legal rules concerning inheritance, mortgages, and transfers of property coexisted with laws pertaining only to slaves. According to Morris, southern lawmakers and judges struggled to reconcile a social order based on slavery with existing English common law (or, in Louisiana, with continental civil law.) Because much was left to local interpretation, laws varied between and even within states. In addition, legal doctrine often differed from local practice. And, as Morris reveals, in the decades leading up to the Civil War, tensions mounted between the legal culture of racial slavery and the competing demands of capitalism and evangelical Christianity.
Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama ...
Author: James Jefferson Mayfield
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1254
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Languages : en
Pages : 1254
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama
Author: Alabama. Supreme Court
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Contents. -- Minor's Reports v.l. -- Stewart's Reports v. 1-3. -- Stewart and Porter's Reports v. 1-5. -- Porter's Reports v. 1-9. -- Alabama Reports v. 1-80.
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Contents. -- Minor's Reports v.l. -- Stewart's Reports v. 1-3. -- Stewart and Porter's Reports v. 1-5. -- Porter's Reports v. 1-9. -- Alabama Reports v. 1-80.