02655nam 2200553 a 450 991078214320332120200520144314.00-8173-8199-6(CKB)1000000000537498(EBL)438185(OCoLC)247978155(SSID)ssj0000179749(PQKBManifestationID)11167506(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000179749(PQKBWorkID)10138751(PQKB)11396377(OCoLC)614533541(MdBmJHUP)muse8884(Au-PeEL)EBL438185(CaPaEBR)ebr10237185(MiAaPQ)EBC438185(EXLCZ)99100000000053749820030708d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInside Alabama[electronic resource] a personal history of my state /Harvey H. Jackson IIITuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20031 online resource (346 p.)Alabama Fire AntDescription based upon print version of record.0-8173-5068-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-320) and index.Back when it belonged to the Indians -- Frontier Alabama -- Becoming a state -- Antebellum Alabama -- Stumbling toward secession -- Secession and Civil War -- After the war that never ended -- A world made by Bourbons, for Bourbons -- White man's Alabama -- Depression and war -- Alabama after the war: "Big Jim" and beyond -- Old times there should not be forgotten -- The age of Wallace -- The age of Wallace and after -- Epilogue : To sum it up.An affectionate, irreverent, candid look at the ""Heart of Dixie."" This book tells Alabama's history in a conversational style with an unapologetically subjective approach. Accessible to general readers and students alike, it recounts the history and politics of a state known for its colorful past, told by one of the state's most noted historians and educators, whose family came to the territory before statehood. A native and resident Alabamian, Harvey Jackson has spent a lifetime discovering and trying to understand his state. Expressing deep love for its people and culture, he is no less crAlabama Fire AntAlabamaHistoryAlabamaPolitics and government976.1Jackson Harvey H1486257MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782143203321Inside Alabama3846651UNINA