Alabama as it is; Or, The Immigrant's

RILEY, Benjamin

Publication Date: 1888

About this Item

RILEY, Benjamin. Alabama as it is; Or, The Immigrant's and Capitalists Guide book to Alabama. Atlanta: Constitutional Publishing Company, 1888. 304pp., plus two folding maps (one colored). Original pictorial wrappers. Front wrapper detached. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Internally clean. About very good. Second edition of this lengthy county-by-county description of Alabama. The author begins his preface by stating that "valuable works upon the varied resources of the State have been published, but they have not met the popular demand for a systematic treatise, and one written in the language common to the people. Special attention has been given to the places of interest and centers of population in the State. Their advantages have been clearly pointed out, and whatever facilities they possess for future development have been fairly indicated." The author divides the state into four regions: the Cereal, Mineral, Cotton, and Timber Belts. The large folding frontispiece map shows the counties and railroads, while a smaller folding map in the back of the volume shows the river system of the state.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Alabama as it is; Or, The Immigrant's
• Publication Date: 1888
• Binding: Soft cover