Dreamworlds of Alabama / Allen Shelton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shelton, Allen (Allen C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Farm life--Alabama--Jacksonville.

Farm life.

Teachers--New York (State)--Buffalo--Biography.

Teachers.

Jacksonville (Ala.)--Biography.

Jacksonville (Ala.).

Jacksonville (Ala.)--Social life and customs.

Alabama--History--Miscellanea.

Alabama.

Shelton, Allen (Allen C.)--Childhood and youth.

Shelton, Allen.

Shelton, Allen (Allen C.)--Family.

Pelham, John, 1838-1863--Influence.

Pelham, John.

Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940--Influence.

Benjamin, Walter.

Hubbard, Elizabeth, -1938--Influence.

Hubbard, Elizabeth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wisteria draped on a soldierÕs 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

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780816653881

0816653887

OCLC:

476156647