| Walker County, Alabama Contributor(s): Morrison, Pat (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738516902 ISBN-13: 9780738516905 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2004 Annotation: Walker County is a unique place inhabited by a unique people. Characters including George "Goober" Lindsey, Tallulah Bankhead, Sybil Gibson, and Eric "Butterbean" Esch, and communities including Cordova, Carbon Hill, and Day's Gap and Horse Creek -- or as we know them today, Oakman and Dora -- have all contributed to the county's rich history. In this volume of vintage postcard images, readers will learn how the town of Jasper avoided extinction, visit the old Walker County Courthouse that burned six times, and discover which town in Walker County began as Bald Eagle. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Antiques & Collectibles | Postcards - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 976.176 |
| LCCN: 2004108600 |
| Series: Postcard History |
| Physical Information: 0.37" H x 6.46" W x 9.26" (0.66 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alabama |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Walker County is a unique place inhabited by a unique people. Characters including George "Goober" Lindsey, Tallulah Bankhead, Sybil Gibson, and Eric "Butterbean" Esch, and communities including Cordova, Carbon Hill, and Day's Gap and Horse Creek-or as we know them today, Oakman and Dora-have all contributed to the county's rich history. In this volume of vintage postcard images, readers will learn how the town of Jasper avoided extinction, visit the old Walker County Courthouse that burned six times, and discover which town in Walker County began as Bald Eagle. |
Contributor Bio(s): Morrison, Pat: - Author and retired Walker County educator Pat Morrison has compiled an engaging collection of postcards and supplemented them with historic photographs to tell the story of this sometimes progressive, sometimes chaotic, but always fascinating place. |