ALABAMA; A GUIDE TO THE DEEP SOUTH. American Guide Series. [Alabama WPA guidebook.]

Compiled by Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Alabama. Alabama State Planning Commission (sponsor). [Federal Writers Project; WPA - Works Progress Administration.]

Published by New York: Hastings House, Publishers, April 1959.

About this Item

Third printing (preceded by the May 1941 and June 1949 printings; per publisher's statement upon copyright page). xxii, 442 pages. Hardcover: H 20.75cm x L 14.25cm. Dust jacket rubbed; spine sunned; chips and tears (several with old tape repairs) at edges; some foxing to flaps; front flap's top corner is price-clipped. Light blue cloth. Two stray ink marks on text block's bottom edge. Toning/foxing to endpapers; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Rear pastedown pocket contains large foldout b/w map which remains bright and clean. B/w state tour map on front endpapers; Foreword by Governor Frank M. Dixon; Preface; eight unpaged sections of b/w plates; three city maps (Birmingham, Huntsville, and Mobile) amongst text; four appendices (Chronology, Bibliography, Census Figures-1940, and Index). Text divided into three major parts: "Past and Present," "Courthouse Squares" (Anniston, Birmingham, Decatur, Florence, Gadsden, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Selma, and Tuscaloosa), and "Tours." Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. {AL-Shelf#11}.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ALABAMA; A GUIDE TO THE DEEP SOUTH. American Guide Series. [Alabama WPA guidebook.]
• Publisher: New York: Hastings House, Publishers, April 1959.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • WPA