| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 197 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Preface: You are worth many sparrows -- The Mark on the spade -- The abduction of Mary Janie -- Planchette, my love -- The stars beneath Alabama -- Assembling Mary Pullen for a cry |
| Summary |
Wisteria draped on a soldiers coffin, sent home to Alabama from a Virginia battlefield. The oldest standing house in the county, painted gray and flanked by a pecan orchard. A black steel fence tool, now perched atop a pile of books like a prehistoric bird of prey. In Dreamworlds of Alabama, Allen Shelton explores physical, historical, and social landscapes of northeastern Alabama. His homeplace near the Appalachian foothills provides the setting for a rich examination of cultural practices, a place where the language of place and things resonates with as much vitality and emotional urgency a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-194) |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Shelton, Allen (Allen C.) -- Childhood and youth
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Shelton, Allen (Allen C.) -- Family
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Pelham, John, 1838-1863 -- Influence
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Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 -- Influence
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Hubbard, Elizabeth, -1938 -- Influence
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Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940 fast |
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Hubbard, Elizabeth, -1938 fast |
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Pelham, John, 1838-1863 fast |
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Shelton, Allen (Allen C.) fast |
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Farm life -- Alabama -- Jacksonville
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Teachers -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Biography
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HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Childhood and youth of a person
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Families
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Farm life
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Manners and customs
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Teachers
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Jacksonville (Ala.) -- Biography
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Jacksonville (Ala.) -- Social life and customs
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Alabama -- History -- Miscellanea
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| Subject |
Alabama
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Alabama -- Jacksonville
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New York (State) -- Buffalo
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Trivia and miscellanea
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780816653881 |
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0816653887 |
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