The Spirits of Athens
The Spirits of Athens

Author: Shane Black

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2009-10

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 1440177767

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The city of Athens is a picturesque, quintessential southern town in north central Alabama, full of folklore and history. The town may also have more ghost stories per capita than any other town in the South. This book collects, for the first time, the best ghost stories that Athens has to offer. You'll read about: * the frenzied spirits that beat on the windows of town square buildings in their attempt to escape an 1893 inferno; * the phantom grandfather clock in the George S. Houston Library and House that chimes but cannot be found; * the lonely ghost of Founders Hall whose lantern light travels from window to window as she searches for her lost love; * the forlorn spirit of the Vasser-Lovvorn Home whose recurring screams from the attic pierce the night; * the ghost child of the Donnell House who was frightened to death by Union soldiers during the Civil War invasion of the town; * and many more.

Alabama Folk Pottery
Alabama Folk Pottery

Author: Joey Brackner

Publisher: University Alabama Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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"This book places historic Alabama pottery-making into a national and international context and describes the technologies that distinguish Alabama potters from the rest of the Southeast. It explains how a blending and borrowing among cultural groups that settled the state nurtured its rich regional traditions. In addition to providing a detailed discussion of pottery types, clays, glazes, slips, and firing methods, the book presents a geographic survey of the state's pottery regions with a comprehensive list of Alabama potters - a valuable resource for collectors, scholars, and curators."--BOOK JACKET.

Haunted Places
Haunted Places

Author: Dennis William Hauck

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 500

ISBN-13: 9780142002346

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Describes over 2,000 sites of supernatural occurances in the United States, including places visited by ghosts, UFOs, and unusual creatures.

Place Names in Alabama
Place Names in Alabama

Author: Virginia O. Foscue

Publisher: University of Alabama Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 081730410X

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Catalogs some 2700 Alabama communities, ranging from Abanda, in Chambers County, to Zip City, in Lauderdale County.

Hearings
Hearings

Author: United States. Congress Senate

Publisher:

Published: 1937

Total Pages: 2468

ISBN-13:

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The Underground Railroad in Floyd County, Indiana
The Underground Railroad in Floyd County, Indiana

Author: Pamela R. Peters

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-07-06

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0786450622

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Floyd County, Indiana, and its county seat, New Albany, are located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville was a major slave-trade center, and Indiana was a free state. Many slaves fled to Floyd County via the Underground Railroad, but their fight for freedom did not end once they reached Indiana. Sufficient information on slaves coming to and through this important area may be found in court records, newspaper stories, oral history accounts, and other materials that a full and fascinating history is possible, one detailing the struggles that runaway slaves faced in Floyd County, such as local, state, and federal laws working together to keep them from advancing socially, politically, and economically. This work also discusses the attitudes, people, and places that help in explaining the successes and heartaches of escaping slaves in Floyd County. Included are a number of freedom and manumission papers, which provided court certification of the freedom of former slaves.

North American Fiddle Music
North American Fiddle Music

Author: Drew Beisswenger

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-05-31

Total Pages: 433

ISBN-13: 1135847223

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North American Fiddle Music: A Research and Information Guide is the first large-scale annotated bibliography and research guide on the fiddle traditions of the United States and Canada. These countries, both of which have large immigrant populations as well as Native populations, have maintained fiddle traditions that, while sometimes faithful to old-world or Native styles, often feature blended elements from various traditions. Therefore, researchers of the fiddle traditions in these two countries can not only explore elements of fiddling practices drawn from various regions of the world, but also look at how different fiddle traditions can interact and change. In addition to including short essays and listings of resources about the full range of fiddle traditions in those two countries, it also discusses selected resources about fiddle traditions in other countries that have influenced the traditions in the United States and Canada.

Plantation Houses and Mansions of the Old South
Plantation Houses and Mansions of the Old South

Author: J. Frazer Smith

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0486142221

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DIVRich survey ranges from pioneer cabins to French Provincial and Neoclassic revivals. Extensive commentary on each building, with over 100 detailed illustrations, including 36 floor plans. Bibliography. /div