Stars Fell on Alabama is truly a classic. The book enjoyed enormous popularity and notoriety when it was first published (it was a selection of The Literary Guild and also sold widely in Europe). It can be described as a book of folkways--not journalism, or history, or a novel. At times it is impressionistic; at other times it conveys deep insights into the character of Alabama. Carmer visited every region of the state, always accompanied by someone intimately familiar with the locality. The mosaic that emerges from the ...
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Stars Fell on Alabama is truly a classic. The book enjoyed enormous popularity and notoriety when it was first published (it was a selection of The Literary Guild and also sold widely in Europe). It can be described as a book of folkways--not journalism, or history, or a novel. At times it is impressionistic; at other times it conveys deep insights into the character of Alabama. Carmer visited every region of the state, always accompanied by someone intimately familiar with the locality. The mosaic that emerges from the pages of his book portrays Alabama's human landscape in all its variety, and it is a work essential to an understanding of Alabama and its culture.
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Seller's Description:
Good. No dust jacket. cover faded and stained, corners bumped and worn, spine quite faded, fabric at top and bottom of spine torn, ends of text block faded, pages faded. xiv, 294 p. incl. front. (map) illus. 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. Illustrated lining-papers.
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Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. Fair. 22 cm, 294, illus., map, somewhat shaken, spine frayed, boards worn, especially at edges and corners. From Brer Rabbit to the Klan, an exceptional introduction to Alabama.
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. DJ with light wear-minor chipping along top edge. Else a very handsome copy; Beautifully illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge; Book Club Edition; 8vo-8" to 9" tall; 294 pages.
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Good. SIGNED! New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. Sm 4to. 22pp. ([273]-294). Illus. Limited edition, #975. Signed by author on limitation page. Good book. (Alabama, folklore, African Americans) Inquire if you need further information.
Full of wonderful looks into an often misunderstood culture of America past. A preservation of important contributions from a mix of ethnic and economic perspectives told simply and humorously. Highly recommended.