Voices from Alabama: a twentieth-century mosaic

647 Pages·1993·3.11 MB·English

by  J. Mack Lofton

Voices From Alabama : A Twentieth-
title:
century Mosaic
author: Lofton, J. Mack.
publisher: University of Alabama Press
isbn10 | asin: 0817306846
print isbn13: 9780817306847
ebook isbn13: 9780585217710
language: English
Alabama--Social life and customs,
subject
Alabama--Biography, Interviews--Alabama.
publication date: 1993
lcc: F326.L63 1993eb
ddc: 976.1
Alabama--Social life and customs,
subject:
Alabama--Biography, Interviews--Alabama.
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Voices From Alabama
A Twentieth-Century Mosaic
J. Mack Lofton, Jr.
Photographs selected by Michael Thomason

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Copyright (c) 1993
The University of Alabama Press
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
designed by Paula C. Dennis
The paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum
requirements of American National Standard for Information Science-
Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-
1984.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lofton, J. Mack, 192-
Voices from Alabama : a twentieth-century mosaic / J. Mack Lofton,
Jr.; photographs selected by Michael Thomason.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-8173-0684-6 (alk. paper)
1. Alabama-Social life and customs. 2. Alabama-Biography.
3. Interviews-Alabama. I. Title.
F326. L63 1993
976.1-dc20 92-
36110
CIP
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data available
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for
Ashley and Tyler,
Rachel and Brooke
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Contents
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
Country Life, Upper Alabama 1
The Fields 3
Willie David Jenkins
On the Mountain 5
Houston Cole
Gunters Mountain 7
Burton Troup
Ice and Eggs 12
Betty Crawford Ferguson
Coming Off the Farm 13
Tom Roberson
The Omen 15
Fannie Buchanan
Sharecropping on Sand Mountain 18
E. L. Lovelady
Country Life, Lower Alabama 27
Salt Water and Seafood 29
Joy Buskens
Road Building 34
Buster Hall
Home Conveniences 35
Tera Averett
Animals and Peach Switches 36
Ben Meriwether
A Few Miles from Florida 38
Roger Marler
Five More Minutes 41
Willie Jiles
German Spoken Here 42
John Haupt
A Severe Case 46
C. J. Coley
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City Life, Upper Alabama 47
Everybody's Business 49
Robert Couch
The Movement 53
Charles Wiggins
Right and Proper 55
Minnie Brown Sledge and Mary Sledge Payne
A Letter From God 58
Jeanette Williams
Parties and Peach Seeds 62
Richard C. Boggs
On My Own 65
Mae Mack
Fifteen Acres in West Alabama 68
Jeff Coleman
Getting the Word 70
Bob Hodges
Back of the Bus 72
Icese Thomas
Gravel Hills and Flatlands 73
Jerry Oldshue
Moving South 75
Lula Fluellen
City Life, Lower Alabama 77
On the Florida Short Route 79
Denson Franklin
Lemon Sodas and Cotton Mills 81
C. J. Coley
Latchkey Child Without a Key 84
Mary Frances Tipton
Seven Miles Behind the Jail 86
Leon Davis
The Latest News and Barbecue 89
Hardenia Johnson
House Calls 91
Ben Meriwether
Day's Work 93
Costs a Little More to Go First Class 95
Ulysses Terry
On-the-job Training 99
Robert Couch