Download or read book Alabama Biographical Dictionary written by Jan Onofrio and published by Somerset Publishers, Inc.. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alabama Biographical Dictionary contains biographies on hundreds of persons from diverse vocations that were either born, achieved notoriety and/or died in the state of Alabama. Prominent persons, in addition to the less eminent, that have played noteworthy roles are included in this resource. When people are recognized from your state or locale it brings a sense of pride to the residents of the entire state.
Download or read book History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography written by Thomas McAdory Owen and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography written by Thomas McAdory Owen and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography Vol 1 of 4 Classic Reprint written by Thomas McAdory Owen and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-03 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 1 of 4 Within these pages is to be found, under specific topics and biographical sketches, the history of a people mainly British by descent, conservatively progressive by tradition and habit, deeply rooted in love of country, and with a genius for politics and government. With as fine a record of achievement as characterizes any of our sister States, we have shown with them an equal indifference to preserving our annals for the enlightenment and inspiration of posterity. Dr. Owen hoped to repair this omission for Alabama. The work is especially rich in aboriginal, pioneer, local, political, and military history and in biographies of men who have been leaders In their several professions and walks of life in the State. Every important event and period of our history has been treated, from the advent of DeSoto and hie Spanish adventurers in 1540, to the welcome home accorded the returned soldiers of the World War, in 1919. A few persons worthy to appear in a book of this character are not Included here owing to their failure to furnish data which they were asked by the author to supply. We are, as a people, proud of our history. As Individuals and ramilies we boast of our good blood. But we have been careless about putting our claims into such form as will substantiate them to the satisfaction or future historians and critics. This work is an effort to overcome that failure, and to Implant In the minds and hearts of Alabamians a consciousness of merit and of greatness. not that we may be boastful, but that we may realize our responsibility to those men and women who bore the brunt of pioneering, to those who staked all their hard earned gains upon the hazard of battle for honor's sake, who overthrew Invasion, and who with dauntless courage preserved a civilization and brought a commonwealth to the forefront of a nation in science, material development, and civic aspirations. Col. Albert J. Pickett collected much interesting pioneer history and left it in published form, but bis work stopped at the period marking the very beginning of our Statehood. Lives of some of our public men have been preserved in brief form by chroniclers such as Smith, Garrett, and Brewer. A few local histories have been written, and school histories by DuBose, Brown, and others, but not until Dr. Owen conceived this "History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography." bad any ambitious attempt been made to write the whole story and present it in one set of books available to all. To the preparation of his history as here given, he devoted bis mature life. He bad for his field of research the great library of the Alabama State Department of Archives and History into which he had gathered all available and extant records, both in manuscript and printed form, including old newspaper files and rare prints, pamphlets, bulletins, official reports, and the like. When Dr. Owen died, so prematurely, his friends who had looked forward to the publication of his "History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography," wondered if the book would now be finished and given to the world. He had often expressed confidence in my ability to help on the work, so how could I rail him. now that his matchless brain and energetic hands were powerless! How could I fail to complete the task he had so set his heart upon, fail to give to the people he so loved, and who so loved him. the heritage he had left them? It was out of this sense of pity for him in his failure to reach the goal he had set himself, with the added sense, too. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
Download or read book History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography Vol 4 of 4 Classic Reprint written by Thomas Mcadory Owen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 4 of 4 Laird, hervey woodford, business man. Was born June 26, 1869, at Beaver Ridge, Knox County, Tenn son of Orville Dyer and Mary Crawford (stephens) Laird. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book HISTORY OF ALABAMA AND DICTIONARY OF ALABAMA BIOGRAPHY written by THOMAS MCADORY. OWEN and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography written by Thomas McAdory Owen and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography written by Thomas McAdory Owen and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography Vol 2 of 4 Classic Reprint written by Thomas Mcadory Owen and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 2 of 4 In 1907 the company made trackage agree ments with the Southern and the Northern Alabama Railway companies for the use of their lines between Haleyville and Jasper, a distance of 40 miles. About the same time, arrangements were made for the construction of a road from Haleyville, Ala to Corinth, Miss., miles, under separate charters in Alabama and Mississippi, and land was se cured for the erection of a modern freight terminal in Birmingham. The charter in Ala bama was issued under general laws to the Alabama Western Railroad Co. On December 16, 1907, the portion of the new line between Corinth, Miss., and Red Bay, Ala miles, was put in Operation. The rest of the line was completed and put in operation on April 19, 1908. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography Scholar s Choice Edition written by Thomas McAdory Owen and published by Scholar's Choice. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography written by Thomas McAdory Owen and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-11 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book Cuban Literature in the Age of Black Insurrection written by Matthew Pettway and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2019-12-30 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juan Francisco Manzano and Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés (Plácido) were perhaps the most important and innovative Cuban writers of African descent during the Spanish colonial era. Both nineteenth-century authors used Catholicism as a symbolic language for African-inspired spirituality. Likewise, Plácido and Manzano subverted the popular imagery of neoclassicism and Romanticism in order to envision black freedom in the tradition of the Haitian Revolution. Plácido and Manzano envisioned emancipation through the lens of African spirituality, a transformative moment in the history of Cuban letters. Matthew Pettway examines how the portrayal of African ideas of spirit and cosmos in otherwise conventional texts recur throughout early Cuban literature and became the basis for Manzano and Plácido’s antislavery philosophy. The portrayal of African-Atlantic religious ideas spurned the elite rationale that literature ought to be a barometer of highbrow cultural progress. Cuban debates about freedom and selfhood were never the exclusive domain of the white Creole elite. Pettway’s emphasis on African-inspired spirituality as a source of knowledge and a means to sacred authority for black Cuban writers deepens our understanding of Manzano and Plácido not as mere imitators but as aesthetic and political pioneers. As Pettway suggests, black Latin American authors did not abandon their African religious heritage to assimilate wholesale to the Catholic Church. By recognizing the wisdom of African ancestors, they procured power in the struggle for black liberation.
