| Mobile and the Eastern Shore Contributor(s): Gaillard, Frye (Author), Gaillard, Nancy (Author), Gaillard, Tracy (Author) |
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ISBN: 153161048X ISBN-13: 9781531610487 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions OUR PRICE: $28.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 976.122 |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.91 lbs) 130 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Alabama |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To say that Mobile has a rich history is like saying Nashville has a few musicians. The port city has a rich heritage dating back to the 1700's. The oldest city in Alabama, Mobile has seen the rule of the Spanish, the French, the British, the United States, the Confederacy, and the United States again. Mobile was celebrating Mardi Gras before New Orleans. Some of the last fighting of the Civil War took place on a hill outside the city, after Appomattox. Baseball stars Henry Aaron and Satchel Paige even played their first games of baseball in the sandlots here. |