Author: John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Book illustrates a part of the history surrounding General Sam Dale for whom Dale County, AL. was named.
Life and Times of Gen. Sam Dale
Author: John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Book illustrates a part of the history surrounding General Sam Dale for whom Dale County, AL. was named.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Book illustrates a part of the history surrounding General Sam Dale for whom Dale County, AL. was named.
Life and Times of Gen. Sam Dale
Author: John Francis H. Claiborne
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337583682
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783337583682
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Voices of the Old South
Author: Alan Gallay
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820315664
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Eyewitness accounts intended to introduce readers to a wide variety of primary literary sources for studying the Old South.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820315664
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Eyewitness accounts intended to introduce readers to a wide variety of primary literary sources for studying the Old South.
A Conquering Spirit
Author: Gregory A. Waselkov
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817355731
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The August 30, 1813, massacre at Fort Mims left hundreds dead and ultimately changed the course of American history. The Indian victory shocked and horrified a young America, ushering in a period of violence surrounded by racial and social confusion. Fort Mims became a rallying cry, calling Americans to fight their assailants and avenge the dead. In A Conquering Spirit, Waselkov thoroughly explicates the social climes surrounding this tumultuous moment in early American history with a comprehensive collection of illustrations, artifact photographs, and detailed accounts of every known participant in the attack on Fort Mims. These rich and extensive resources make A Conquering Spirit an invaluable collection for any reader interested in America's frontier era. * Winner of the Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year award by the Alabama Library Association* Winner of the Clinton Jackson Coley award from the Alabama Historical Association
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817355731
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The August 30, 1813, massacre at Fort Mims left hundreds dead and ultimately changed the course of American history. The Indian victory shocked and horrified a young America, ushering in a period of violence surrounded by racial and social confusion. Fort Mims became a rallying cry, calling Americans to fight their assailants and avenge the dead. In A Conquering Spirit, Waselkov thoroughly explicates the social climes surrounding this tumultuous moment in early American history with a comprehensive collection of illustrations, artifact photographs, and detailed accounts of every known participant in the attack on Fort Mims. These rich and extensive resources make A Conquering Spirit an invaluable collection for any reader interested in America's frontier era. * Winner of the Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year award by the Alabama Library Association* Winner of the Clinton Jackson Coley award from the Alabama Historical Association
Thoroughbred Nation
Author: Natalie A. Zacek
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807183237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
From the colonial era to the beginning of the twentieth century, horse racing was by far the most popular sport in America. Great numbers of Americans and overseas visitors flocked to the nation’s tracks, and others avidly followed the sport in both general-interest newspapers and specialized periodicals. Thoroughbred Nation offers a detailed yet panoramic view of thoroughbred racing in the United States, following the sport from its origins in colonial Virginia and South Carolina to its boom in the Lower Mississippi Valley, and then from its post–Civil War rebirth in New York City and Saratoga Springs to its opulent mythologization of the “Old South” at Louisville’s Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby. Natalie A. Zacek introduces readers to an unforgettable cast of characters, from “plungers” such as Virginia plantation owner William Ransom Johnson (known as the “Napoleon of the Turf”) and Wall Street financier James R. Keene (who would wager a fortune on the outcome of a single competition) to the jockeys, trainers, and grooms, most of whom were African American. While their names are no longer known, their work was essential to the sport. Zacek also details the careers of remarkable, though scarcely remembered, horses, whose achievements made them as famous in their day as more recent equine celebrities such as Seabiscuit or Secretariat. Based upon exhaustive research in print and visual sources from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States, Thoroughbred Nation will be of interest both to those who love the sport of horse racing for its own sake and to those who are fascinated by how this pastime reflects and influences American identities.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807183237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
From the colonial era to the beginning of the twentieth century, horse racing was by far the most popular sport in America. Great numbers of Americans and overseas visitors flocked to the nation’s tracks, and others avidly followed the sport in both general-interest newspapers and specialized periodicals. Thoroughbred Nation offers a detailed yet panoramic view of thoroughbred racing in the United States, following the sport from its origins in colonial Virginia and South Carolina to its boom in the Lower Mississippi Valley, and then from its post–Civil War rebirth in New York City and Saratoga Springs to its opulent mythologization of the “Old South” at Louisville’s Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby. Natalie A. Zacek introduces readers to an unforgettable cast of characters, from “plungers” such as Virginia plantation owner William Ransom Johnson (known as the “Napoleon of the Turf”) and Wall Street financier James R. Keene (who would wager a fortune on the outcome of a single competition) to the jockeys, trainers, and grooms, most of whom were African American. While their names are no longer known, their work was essential to the sport. Zacek also details the careers of remarkable, though scarcely remembered, horses, whose achievements made them as famous in their day as more recent equine celebrities such as Seabiscuit or Secretariat. Based upon exhaustive research in print and visual sources from libraries, archives, and museums across the United States, Thoroughbred Nation will be of interest both to those who love the sport of horse racing for its own sake and to those who are fascinated by how this pastime reflects and influences American identities.
The Ladies' Repository
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Canoeing Mississippi
Author:
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781617030901
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The complete guidebook for paddling the rivers and streams of Mississippi
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781617030901
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The complete guidebook for paddling the rivers and streams of Mississippi
Searching for Red Eagle
Author:
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781617033445
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Portrays William Weatherford, who rejected his Scots and French ancestry and embraced his Creek heritage, describes his fight against white encroachment in Georgia, and reflects on his spiritual influence.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 9781617033445
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Portrays William Weatherford, who rejected his Scots and French ancestry and embraced his Creek heritage, describes his fight against white encroachment in Georgia, and reflects on his spiritual influence.
Battle for the Southern Frontier
Author: Mike Bunn
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162584381X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
This comprehensive book is the first to chronicle both wars and document the sites on which they were fought. It sheds light on how the wars led to the forced removal of Native Americans from the region, secured the Gulf South against European powers, facilitated increased migration into the area, furthered the development of slave-based agriculture and launched the career of Andrew Jackson.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 162584381X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
This comprehensive book is the first to chronicle both wars and document the sites on which they were fought. It sheds light on how the wars led to the forced removal of Native Americans from the region, secured the Gulf South against European powers, facilitated increased migration into the area, furthered the development of slave-based agriculture and launched the career of Andrew Jackson.
The Emergence of the Cotton Kingdom in the Old Southwest
Author: John Hebron Moore
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807114049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The Old South's Cotton Kingdom arose simultaneously in two widely separated localities, the backcountry of the South Atlantic states and the east bank of the Mississippi River. Spreading from these places of origin and later merging, the east and west branches of the upland short-staple cotton industry developed along similar lines until the Civil War.John Hebron Moore's The Emergence of the Cotton Kingdom in the Old Southwest: Mississippi, 1770--1860 traces the evolution of cotton culture in the region bordering the Mississippi River. Moore examines the society supported by that industry, emphasizing technological changes that transformed cotton plantations into agricultural equivalents of factories and slaves into Mule-drawn equipment led to the introduction of improved methods of managing plantation slaves, and that in turn altered the nature of plantation slavery significantly.Moore focuses on Mississippi as both the pioneer cotton state of the Old Southwest and the Old South's leading producer of cotton between 1835 and 1860. Progressive planters made major contributions ot the success of the antebellum upland cotton industry, including the breeding of superior varieties of cotton, the introduction of improved farm implements and machinery, the development of effective methods of combating soil erosion, and systems for managing slaves based upon incentives rather than coercion. In addition, unlike other studies of antebellum southern agriculture, this book examines the contributions to the success of cotton industry made by steamboats and railroads, manufacturing establishments, and the urban population.
Publisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807114049
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
The Old South's Cotton Kingdom arose simultaneously in two widely separated localities, the backcountry of the South Atlantic states and the east bank of the Mississippi River. Spreading from these places of origin and later merging, the east and west branches of the upland short-staple cotton industry developed along similar lines until the Civil War.John Hebron Moore's The Emergence of the Cotton Kingdom in the Old Southwest: Mississippi, 1770--1860 traces the evolution of cotton culture in the region bordering the Mississippi River. Moore examines the society supported by that industry, emphasizing technological changes that transformed cotton plantations into agricultural equivalents of factories and slaves into Mule-drawn equipment led to the introduction of improved methods of managing plantation slaves, and that in turn altered the nature of plantation slavery significantly.Moore focuses on Mississippi as both the pioneer cotton state of the Old Southwest and the Old South's leading producer of cotton between 1835 and 1860. Progressive planters made major contributions ot the success of the antebellum upland cotton industry, including the breeding of superior varieties of cotton, the introduction of improved farm implements and machinery, the development of effective methods of combating soil erosion, and systems for managing slaves based upon incentives rather than coercion. In addition, unlike other studies of antebellum southern agriculture, this book examines the contributions to the success of cotton industry made by steamboats and railroads, manufacturing establishments, and the urban population.