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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Baldridge, Cyrus LeRoy. Good Plus. 294pp. Illus. Blue cloth cover with silver lettering and illus of shooting stars Concludes with a section entitled 'from the Author's Notebook" which lists dozens of Fiddlers' Tunes, Mattie Sue's quilt patterns, All-Day Singing, Mountain Superstitions, (Gaineswood) Big House, Negro Superstitions, The Sims War, and Brer Rabbit Multiplies. (loc 1117/1)
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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.
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.
