Author: D. C. MathewsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clarke County (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Early Sketches of Southwest Alabama with Reminiscences
Author: D. C. MathewsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clarke County (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Red Feather
Author: Leah Y. StimpsonPublisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490817751
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
How will a young family in 1830s Alabama break free from their societys prevailing beliefs? Do individuals really have the power to change the direction in which their society is moving? Can love transcend the boundaries we draw around our lives? Red Feather tackles these questions and more while illustrating powerful spiritual truths that are every bit as true today as they were over a hundred years ago. As Leah Stimpsons story winds through backwoods swamps, elegant port towns, and stormy Gulf waters, she illuminates exactly how the people of our not-so-distant past were able to choose Gods light over mans desire for darkness. By learning from them, we just might be able to do the same. Endorsement Red Feather captured my imagination from the beginning. I felt like one of the children sitting on the couch absorbed in Red Feather and Samuels innocent, beautiful romance-a story that demonstrates a higher truth of a far deeper love. It is as if Leah jumped into that great river of inspiration and let the current take her. -Stephanie B. Morris, portrait artist in Mobile, Alabama
Reminiscences, Sketches and Addresses
Author: J. HutchisonPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368835378
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
Sectionalism and Party Politics in Alabama, 1819-1842
Author: Theodore Henley JackPublisher:
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Category : Alabama
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Sketches of Alabama, Being an Account of the Journey from Tuscaloosa to Blount Springs Through Jefferson County on the Old Stage Roads, Now First Published In Book Form
Author: Mary Gordon DuffeeThe Enduring Legacy of Old Southwest Humor
Author: Edward PiacentinoPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 9780807130865
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The Old Southwest flourished between 1830 and 1860, but its brand of humor lives on in the writings of Mark Twain, the novels of William Faulkner, the television series The Beverly Hillbillies, the material of comedian Jeff Foxworthy, and even cyberspace, where nonsoutherners can come up to speed on subjects like hickphonics. The first book on its subject, The Enduring Legacy of Old Southwest Humor engages topics ranging from folklore to feminism to the Internet as it pays tribute to a distinctly American comic style that has continued to reinvent itself. The book begins by examining frontier southern humor as manifested in works of Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell, Flannery O’Connor, Eudora Welty, Woody Guthrie, Harry Crews, William Price Fox, Fred Chappell, Barry Hannah, Cormac McCarthy, and African American writers Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker, Ishmael Reed, and Yusef Komunyakaa. It then explores southwestern humor’s legacy in popular culture—including comic strips, comedians, and sitcoms—and on the Internet. Many of the trademark themes of modern and contemporary southern wit appeared in stories that circulated in the antebellum Southwest. Often taking the form of tall tales, those stories have served and continue to serve as rich, reusable material for southern writers and entertainers in the twentieth century and beyond. The Enduring Legacy of Old Southwest Humor is an innovative collaboration that delves into jokes about hunting, drinking, boasting, and gambling as it studies, among other things, the styles of comedians Andy Griffith, Dave Gardner, and Justin Wilson. It gives splendid demonstration that through the centuries southern humor has continued to be a powerful tool for disarming hypocrites and opening up sensitive issues for discussion.
ALABAMA SKETCHES
Author: Samuel Minturn 1854-1938 PeckPublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781360158730
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
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Alabama Sketches (Classic Reprint)
Author: Samuel Minturn PeckPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332204000
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Excerpt from Alabama Sketches Here Dan intimated that -i would best take a seat, by dusting a place on the doorstep with his old hat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Bench and Bar of Georgia: Memoirs and Sketches
Author: Stephen Franks MillerPublisher:
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Category : Georgia
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
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