ANNALS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA, VOLUME III. [Local history reference for northwestern Alabama counties of Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Walker, and Winston.]

Elliott, Carl [Carl Atwood Elliott], 1913-1999 (compiler). John Clinton Bright, Milton. H. Fies, Marguerite T. Callahan, Bertha Massey King, Sallie P. West, John A. Wyeth, Andrew Lee Massey, Emmie Alldredge Smith, Charles E. Wilson, et al (contributors).

Published by Tuscaloosa, AL: privately printed for Carl Elliott by W.B. Drake & Son, 1965.

About this Item

Presumed first edition (no direct statement but with matching dates upon title and copyright pages). 312 pages. Hardcover: H 24.25cm x L 15.75cm. No dust jacket (as issued?). Pebbled black cloth; light rubbing to boards; residue from removed sticker at lower spine with some shallow overlap onto adjoining lower boards; slight dulling/flaking to front board and spine's stamping but all still easily legible. Some foxing to text block edges; past owner's name/address label affixed to front pastedown; interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. A very good copy. Laid-in at front endpapers is the author's promotional brochure/order form announcing the first printing of Volume III and reprintings of preceding Volumes I and II. With Preface, a few b/w plates, and Index. Features fourteen essays regarding various facets of regional history of which the more interesting titles are: "Some Economic and Social Aspects of the History of Cullman, Alabama" by John Clinton Bright; "An Early Fayette County Home" by Marguerite T. Callahan; "Recollections of Olden Days" by Bertha Massey King; Early History of Winston County, Alabama Schools" by Sallie P. West; "The Pursuit and Capture of Streight's Raiders" by John A. Wyeth; "Some Recollections of My Family" by Andrew Lee Massey; "From Oxcarts to Diesels: A History of Hanceville, Alabama" by Emmie Alldredge Smith; "The Civil War as Seen by Captain Isaac Jasper Rogers" by Charles E. Wilson; and "History of Marion County" by a Committee of School Teachers. Series compiler Carl Atwood Elliott (1913-1999) served eight terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's northwestern 7th Congressional District from January 1949 to January 1965. {AL-Shelf#1}.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ANNALS OF NORTHWEST ALABAMA, VOLUME III. [Local history reference for northwestern Alabama counties of Blount, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Walker, and Winston.]
• Publisher: Tuscaloosa, AL: privately printed for Carl Elliott by W.B. Drake & Son, 1965.
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana-Alabama