The Confederacy’s Fighting Chaplain is the remarkable story of the Irishman who brought the Bible and his own resourcefulness and daring to both the battlefield and the diplomatic field—a story that has been largely ignored for more than 130 years. The biography of John B. Bannon also chronicles the forgotten Southerners—the Irish immigrants of the Confederacy—whose colorful and crucial role in the Civil War has been seriously neglected.

This book is the first comprehensive guide to a premier Alabama historical and architectural landmark, lavishly illustrated and affordably priced.

Lay Down with Dogs is the story of a small southern town as it makes the transition from an agrarian hamlet to progressive New South suburbia.

A noted scholar offers fresh ways of looking at two legendary American authors within the context of the decade's popular culture, philosophy, and intellectual history.

This collection of essays brings together diverse approaches to the analysis of Native American culture in the protohistoric period

This is the first book-length work on wartime race relations in Tennessee, and it stresses the differences within the slave community as well as Military Governor Andrew Johnson’s role in emancipation.

This collection of provocative and timely essays addresses the ways in which religious and educational institutions have come to define one another and American culture and identity.

Since its first publication in 1957, Horse and Buggy Days on Hatchet Creek has been a favorite of readers who have enjoyed the entertaining, highly readable account of a southern boy’s life in the 1880s and 1890s. With a wry sense of humor and clear-eyed affection, Mitchell Garrett recalls growing up in a verdant valley of the Appalachian foothills in eastern Alabama.

The fundamental mission of medicine is caring, and curing may be only one component of that broad mission

 A book about the first three capitals of Alabama: St. Stephens, Huntsville, and Cahawba, 1818-1826.

This valuable book is an excellent overview of long-term archaeological investigations in the valley that remains at the forefront of studies on the First Americans.

This visually stunning portrait of Alabama's many diverse wetland habitats and their associated plants and animals is a passionate plea for their thoughtful care and protection.