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Fairhope, 1894–1954

The Story of a Single Tax Colony

University of Alabama Press

The remarkable and improbable story of the utopian single-tax social experiment that gave rise to one of the most unique and colorful communities along the Gulf Coast
 

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Dog and Gun

A Few Loose Chapters on Shooting, Among Which Will Be Found Some Anecdotes and Incidents

University of Alabama Press

Although the book is a manual for the hunter, with characteristic humor and a certain disdain, Hooper gives a full picture of the gentlemanly sport of hunting – clearly distinct from hunting for food – in all aspects including hunter, weaponry, and sporting dogs.

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Cahaba Prison and the Sultana Disaster

University of Alabama Press

Tells the dramatic story of the infamous Confederate prisoner-of-war camp where 5,000 Union soldiers were interned during the latter part of the Civil War and of the ensuing maritime disaster

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St. Elmo

Or, Saved at Last

By Augusta Jane Evans; Introduction by Diane Roberts
University of Alabama Press

The top-selling novel by prolific Southern writer Augusta J. Evans, St. Elmo was more widely read in its day than Uncle Tom's Cabin. The novel traces the relationship between a charming and charismatic lothario, St. Elmo, and the beautiful and chaste Edna Earl.

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The Tallons

University of Alabama Press

The Tallons is the second book in William March’s “Pearl County” series. In it, the arrival of Myrtle Bickerstaff destroys the tranquil lives of the Tallon brothers, Jim and Andrew.

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The Looking-Glass

University of Alabama Press

The last novel in William March’s “Pearl County” series, The Looking-Glass is considered March’s masterpiece and most enduring work of fiction. 

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Come in at the Door

University of Alabama Press

His second novel, Come In at the Door is the first in William March’s “Pearl County” series of novels and short stories inspired by his childhood in the Mobile, Alabama, area.

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Letters from Alabama

Chiefly Relating to Natural History

University of Alabama Press

This new and improved edition of Letters from Alabama offers a valuable window into pioneer Alabama and the landscape and life-forms encountered by early settlers of the state.

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The Two Worlds of William March

University of Alabama Press

The emphasis in The Two Worlds of William March is on the literary career, and we get a fairly full picture of a hardworking, oversensitive, compassionate bachelor, who suffered a tragic breakdown late in life . . . [and] whose best long works, Company K and The Looking-Glass, as well as March himself are almost forgotten. . . . Simmonds’s comprehensive, scholarly, and sympathetic study may redress this unwarranted neglect.” —CHOICE

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99 Fables

By William March; Introduction by William T. Going; Illustrated by Richard Brough
University of Alabama Press

Superb stories, meaningful themes, and powerful effects

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Trial Balance

The Collected Short Stories of William March

By William March; Commentaries by International Creative Management (ICM)
University of Alabama Press

 The Collected Short Stories of William March

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The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama

University of Alabama Press

This book is the principal authority for the general treatment of the history of coal, and of iron and steel, in Alabama.

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An Insight into an Insane Asylum

By Joseph Camp; Introduction by John S. Hughes
University of Alabama Press

In 1881, Joseph Camp, an elderly and self-trained Methodist minister from Talladega County, Alabama, was brought by his family to Bryce Hospital, an insane asylum in Tuscaloosa, where he remained for over five months. This book is an account of his stay and provides a rare glimpse of 19th century mental health care from a patient's viewpoint.

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The Creek War of 1813 and 1814

University of Alabama Press

This standard account of one of the most controversial wars in which Americans have fought is again available, with introductory materials and a bibliography revised to reflect the advances in scholarship since the 1969 edition.

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At the Moon's Inn

University of Alabama Press

A fascinating tale that brings to life the history of Spanish efforts to establish a controlling presence in the New World during the first half of the 16th century
 

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