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Discusses the history, geography, resources, famous citizens, and points of interest of the state known as the Heart of Dixie. ... Read more

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Discusses the land and climate, economy, government, and history of the state of Alabama. Includes Internet links to Web sites. ... Read more

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Provides an overview of the state of Alabama, covering its history, geography, government, economy, people, and culture. ... Read more

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Great historical resource
Baldwin's Flush Times is a great historical resource.Baldwin paints an interesting tale of frontier Alabama and Mississippi and the characters which lived in the region.Overall, a great illustration of the American frontier and the Jacksonian era. ... Read more

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Old Mobile: Fort Louis de la Louisiana, 1702-1711
Scholarly and well documented but at the same time most readable. I had borrowed a copy of the book before I purchased it from Amazon so I knew what I was getting. Now that I have the book in hand, I am most pleased to have purchased it. One of the things that makes this book so interesting to me is that I live near Natchitoches, Louisiana. Natchitoches was founded in 1714 and is the oldest permanent settlement in the Louisiana Purchase Territory. My wife's grandfather, Francois Derbanne was under commission from King Louis XV of France as the "Keeper of the King's Storehouse and Paymaster to the Militia". The Fort St. Jean Baptiste, 1716, was where he was posted with Louis Juchereau de St Denis the Founder of Natchitoches. They had come from Mobile on a trade mission to Natchitoches. The book helped me to understand that Mobile was to French Louisiana what Jamestown was to the English colonies. There is also a fascinating account of Derbanne being captured by pirates falsely flying the flag of France. Jay Higginboth writes history that reads like a novel. He did his research well and has a full bibliography. I highly recommend this book.

Review of "Old Mobile" by a non-historian
This comprehensive work is certainly not light reading, but it offers a degree of detail about the history of Mobile that is unavailable in otherhistories of the area.The author is careful to cite original documents,where available, to verify the information.The reader is reassured of theauthoratative nature of the work.It is particularly helpful insubstantiating information in less extensive narratives. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1901.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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A Forgotten Prize-Winning Classic
This review is about the University of Alabama Press Classics series trade paperback, 571 pp with Randy Cross' introduction.

Winner of the 1933 Pulitzer Prize.

"...set in the author's native Tennessee Valley region of Alabama, the novel's action begins in 1884...and it centers on the emergence of Colonel Miltiades Vaiden as a figure of wealth and power in the city of Florence."

"Stribling succeeds in presenting the essence of an age through the everyday lives of his characters...a good story filled with diverse and vital characters, and much of it cannot be read without that primitive excitement, that eagerness to know what comes next...."

19th Century Post-Reconstruction Life in the Shoals area of N Alabama
I am reading this book now and enjoying it. The portrayals of both the black and white characters ring true to me. Well-developed characters and settings. Reading it really carries me back to a time and place that I want to know more about. Can't wait to read more. ... Read more

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A step-by-step guide on how to set up your own library of state related books and other materials.Includes tips on using the Dewey Decimal System, creating card catalogs, budgeting and acquiring materials + gives resources for books, art, music, rare books, technology, autographs, etc.Excellent classroom activity.Free teacher's guide gives specific suggestions and instructions on how to get max educational value from this book.Hey, if it's your library, you won't have to pay any late return fees! ... Read more

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Survival and Death
In researching my huband's family history, it was discovered that one of his two great-uncles who served in the Union Army during the Civil War was captured and incarcerated at Cahaba Prison.He, James Caldwell, survived his imprisonment at Cahaba and was aboard the SS Sultana on the Mississippi River just north of Memphis, when a boiler exploded as it was carrying freed prisoners and other passengers North.His body was recovered, identified and buried in his hometown of Litchfield, Michigan.As no one in the family is alive today to relate James' story and he died before he was able to share his war and POW experiences, this well written account of a black mark on the history of the United States where brother fought brother, adds information to our family history and brings closure to a life lost too soon!Even if you did not have a relative who fought in this awful carnage, it brings home the tragedy of conflict that continues among brothers all over the world yet today!!! ... Read more

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Gadsden Public Library is a monument to the initiative, creativity, and vision of those who dreamed of an evolving, comprehensive library to serve all citizens. Eight foreseeing directors have diligently continued this original mission. Since 1906, Gadsden Public Library has housed a variety of displays and sponsored countless programs featuring authors, speakers, reading initiatives, book clubs, and story times. With dedicated library staff members, supportive community leaders, and enthusiastic citizens, Gadsden Public Library has an established tradition of encouraging lifelong learning. From the installation of a telephone in 1913, to wireless access in 2006, Gadsden Public Library has changed to meet the technological needs of its staff and community. What will never change is the library's importance to the city and the joy of reading that is central to its mission. Through a collection of photographs, this book provides a nostalgic look at 100 years of developing library service and the people who shaped it. ... Read more

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