Caty(Illustrated) A Biography of Catharine Littlefield Greene (Brown Thrasher Books) (Brown Thrasher Books Ser.) by John F. Stegeman, Janet A. Stegeman, HarveyH. Jackson Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 1985 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-0792-3, ISBN: 0-8203-0792-0
"Throughout her life, Catharine Littlefield Greene struggled to clear her own place as an individual within a society that was itself fighting for its place as an independent nation. In "Caty," John and Janet Stegeman follow the life of a woman whose spirit and determination led her far beyond the domestic concerns of most women of her day.The wife of Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene, Caty was a close friend of George and Marth ..."
The Unfinished Nation(2nd Edition) A Concise History of the American People to 1877 Vol. 2 by Alan Brinkley, HarveyH. Jackson Hardcover, Published 1996 by Mcgraw-Hill Inc.,Us ISBN-13: 978-0-07-008220-5, ISBN: 0-07-008220-0
Rivers of History Life on the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama by HarveyH. Jackson Paperback, 316 Pages, Published 1995 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-0771-4, ISBN: 0-8173-0771-0
"S. Cook to Editor, November 29, 1888; Daniel Fate Brooks, “Camden: A
Sesquincentennial Legacy” ([Camden], n.d.), 1–2. Samuel Forwood to Isaac
Grant, December 4, 1888, in Grove Hill Clarke County Democrat, December 13,
1888. Forwood wrote to tell of Claiborne in much the same way that Cook had
written about Prairie Bluff. See also John H. B. Latrobe, Southern Travels: Journal
of John H. B. Latrobe, 1834, edited with an introduction ..."
Oglethorpe in Perspective(1st Edition) Georgia's Founder after Two Hundred Years by Phinizy Spalding, HarveyH. Jackson Hardcover, 244 Pages, Published 1989 by University Of Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-0386-0, ISBN: 0-8173-0386-3
"A reconsideration of James Edward Oglethorpe (1696-1785) and his successes and failures in founding and establishing of the colony of Georgia. "
Henry C. Goodrich A Life of Business and the Business of Life by HarveyH. Jackson Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 1999 by Elliott & Clark Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-880216-99-6, ISBN: 1-880216-99-X
"Industrialist Henry C. Goodrich came from the small-town culture of the Depression Era South, worked his way through college, served in World War II, and returned to Dixie to get a job and raise a family."
Georgia The Empire State of the South by HarveyH. Jackson, Bradley Robert Rice Hardcover, 191 Pages, Published 1988 by Windsor Pubns ISBN-13: 978-0-89781-242-9, ISBN: 0-89781-242-5
"This is the story of the lives and political careers of three men - Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton - who attained prominence within that struggle and who acquired undying fame by representing Georgia in the congress that adopted the Declaration of Independence."
"Anyone who has seen Rock City, wandered the grounds of Graceland, hiked in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or watched the mermaids swim at Weeki Wachee knows the southern United States offers visitors a rich variety of scenic, cultural, and leisure activities. Tourism has been, and is still, one of the most powerful economic forces in the modern South. It is a multibillion-dollar industry that creates jobs and generates revenue whi ..."
"Faith in our ability to govern ourselves and faith in the future of this nation.
Restoring that faith ... I have come to review with you the progress of our nation,
to speak of unfinished work and to set our sights on the future. I am pleased to
report the ..."
Georgia(2nd Edition) The Empire State of the South by Bradley Robert Rice, HarveyH. Jackson Paperback, 143 Pages, Published 1995 by Amer Historical Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-89781-480-5, ISBN: 0-89781-480-0
"Study guide to the first volume of a survey of the history of the USA. Balancing the social and cultural issues with the political and diplomatic, the book includes historiographical debates, new attention to native American history and revised sections on women's history."
Letters from Alabama(1st Edition) Chiefly Relating to Natural HIstory (Library Alabama Classics) by Philip Henry Gosse, HarveyH. Jackson Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 1993 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-0683-0, ISBN: 0-8173-0683-8
"Philip Henry Gosse (1810-1888), a British naturalist, left home at age 17 and made his way to Alabama in 1838, where he had heard educated people were in demand. He was employed by Judge Reuben Saffold at Pleasant Hill in Dallas County as a teacher for about a dozen children of local landowners, but his principal interest was natural history. During the eight months he lived in th Black Belt he watched, listened, thought, took notes, an ..."
"What southerners do, where they go, and what they expect to accomplish in their spare time, their "leisure," reveals much about their cultural values, class and racial similarities and differences, and historical perspectives. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture offers an authoritative and readable reference to the culture of sports and recreation in the American South, surveying the various activities in which south ..."
"What southerners do, where they go, and what they expect to accomplish in their spare time, their "leisure," reveals much about their cultural values, class and racial similarities and differences, and historical perspectives. This volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture offers an authoritative and readable reference to the culture of sports and recreation in the American South, surveying the various activities in which south ..."
Putting "Loafing Streams" to Work(1st Edition) The Building of Lay, Mitchell, Martin, and Jordan Dams, 1910-1929 by HarveyH. Jackson Hardcover, 230 Pages, Published 1997 by Univ Of Alabama Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-0879-7, ISBN: 0-8173-0879-2
"This is the story of the human effort that went into completing one of the most complex feats of engineering in Alabama history, the building of four major hydroelectric dams by the Alabama Power Company. Between 1910 and 1930 the Alabama Power Company built four major hydroelectric projects: Lay Dam (1914), Mitchell Dam (1923), and Jordan Dam (1929) on the Coosa River and Martin Dam (1926) on the Tallapoosa River. When the turbines be ..."
"This is the story of the lives and political careers of three men - Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton - who attained prominence within that struggle and who acquired undying fame by representing Georgia in the congress that adopted the Declaration of Independence."
"This timely examination of Alabama’s severely criticized state constitution will serve as an indispensable guide for legislators and citizens considering reform of the outdated document. Alabama’s present constitution, adopted in 1901, is widely viewed as the source of many, if not most, of the state’s historic difficulties and inequities. Chief among these is a poorly funded school system, an imbalanced tax system that favors special b ..."