August Reckoning(1st Edition) Jack Turner and Racism in Post Civil War Alabama (Library Alabama Classics) by RobertDavidWard, William Warren Rogers, William Sr Rogers Paperback, 207 Pages, Published 2004 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-5119-9, ISBN: 0-8173-5119-1
"An important story of one man's life, lived with courage and principle. During the decades of Bourbon ascendancy after 1874, Alabama institutions like those in other southern states were dominated by whites. Former slave and sharecropper Jack Turner refused to accept a society so structured. Highly intelligent, physically imposing, and an orator of persuasive talents, Turner was fearless before whites and emerged as a leader of his race ..."
"In the late 1870s, Jefferson County, Alabama, and the town of Elyton (near the future Birmingham) became the focus of a remarkable industrial and mining revolution. Together with the surrounding counties, the area was penetrated by railroads. Surprisingly large deposits of bituminous coal, limestone, and iron ore—the exact ingredients for the manufacture of iron and, later, steel—began to be exploited. Now, with transportation, modern e ..."
"A new and up-to-date edition of Alabama’s history to celebrate the state’s bicentennialAlabama: The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition is a comprehensive narrative account of the state from its earliest days to the present. This edition, updated to celebrate the state’s bicentennial year, offers a detailed survey of the colorful, dramatic, and often controversial turns in Alabama’s evolution. Organized chronologically a ..."
"A new and up-to-date edition of Alabama’s history to celebrate the state’s bicentennialAlabama: The History of a Deep South State, Bicentennial Edition is a comprehensive narrative account of the state from its earliest days to the present. This edition, updated to celebrate the state’s bicentennial year, offers a detailed survey of the colorful, dramatic, and often controversial turns in Alabama’s evolution. Organized chronologically a ..."
Labor Revolt In Alabama(1st Edition) The Great Strike of 1894 (Library Alabama Classics) by RobertDavidWard, William Warren Rogers Paperback, 172 Pages, Published 2003 by University Alabama Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-5057-4, ISBN: 0-8173-5057-8
"The Alabama coal miners’ strike of 1894 to gain improved working conditions and to protect themselves from wage reductions. The authors recount the depression of the early 1890s, which set the stage for the strike, and the subsequent use of convict labor, which became a catalyst. The gripping story of the strike includes the dramatic decision to strike and corporate attempts to break the strike by the use of company guards and "scab" la ..."
"A modern study of prison reform, this work demonstrates that Alabama's penitentiary system was established in direct response to the humanitarian prison reform movement that swept the country in the first half of the 19th century."
"This collection of individual memories of children growing up is filled with the hilarity of youthful ignorance played out in a time over fifty years ago, in a place that had its own unique differences, its own way of doing things. We can bring back the past and we can even profit from it."
" Once the home of aboriginal inhabitants, Alabama was claimed and occupied by European nations, later to become a permanent part of the United States. A cotton and slave state for more than half of the 19th century, Alabama declared its independence and joined another nation, the Confederate States of America, for its more than four-year history. The state assumed an uneasy and uncertain place in the 19th century’s last 35 years. Its ..."
"Once the home of aboriginal inhabitants, Alabama was claimed and occupied by European nations, later to become a permanent part of the United States. A cotton and slave state for more than half of the 19th century, Alabama declared its independence and joined another nation, the Confederate States of America, for its more than four-year history. The state assumed an uneasy and uncertain place in the 19th century’s last 35 years. Its rol ..."
"Once the home of aboriginal inhabitants, Alabama was claimed and occupied by European nations, later to become a permanent part of the United States. A cotton and slave state for more than half of the 19th century, Alabama declared its independence and joined another nation, the Confederate States of America, for its more than four-year history. The state assumed an uneasy and uncertain place in the 19th century’s last 35 years. Its rol ..."
"Once the home of aboriginal inhabitants, Alabama was claimed and occupied by European nations, later to become a permanent part of the United States. A cotton and slave state for more than half of the 19th century, Alabama declared its independence and joined another nation, the Confederate States of America, for its more than four-year history. The state assumed an uneasy and uncertain place in the 19th century’s last 35 years. Its rol ..."
Inventing a School Expanding the Boundaries of Learning by Jane Kern, RobertDavidWard Hardcover, 298 Pages, Published 1999 by Jane Kern Neapolitan Books ISBN-13: 978-0-9676416-1-4, ISBN: 0-9676416-1-6
"A true story of vision and shared power, INVENTING A SCHOOL; EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF LEARNING offers a message of hope at a time of disenchantment with decades of reforms in an educational system that has become obsolete in today's society. Set in the Gulf Coast town of Naples, Florida, Seacrest School is launched with a dream of creating the best possible learning environment for children. The message Jane Kern puts forth represen ..."
"An entirely revised and updated edition of the best-selling 2001 original This collection of biographical essays, written by thirty-four noted historians and political scientists, chronicles the times, careers, challenges, leadership, and legacies of the fifty-seven men and one woman who have served as the state's highest elected official. The book is organized chronologically into six sections that cover Alabama’s years as a US terri ..."
Ancestors and Relatives(1st Edition) the Tasker and Blackburn Families of Rawcliffe, Hook, Snaith and Goole by RobertDavidWard Paperback, 152 Pages, Published 2011 by Lulu.Com ISBN-13: 978-1-4457-8386-4, ISBN: 1-4457-8386-X
"This book follows the genealogy of the Tasker and Blackburn families who originated in the area around Goole in Yorkshire. There were branches of the Tasker family in Rawcliffe, Airmyn, Hook, Cowick and Snaith. The Blackburn family farmed at Spaldington and Holme on Spalding Moor, near Howden in the East Riding, before moving to Goole Fields. Later, members of both families lived in Goole itself. The title of the book reflects these mov ..."
"The story of Alabama's governors has been often bizarre, occasionally inspiring, but never dull. Several of the state's early governors fought duels; one killed his wife's lover. A Reconstruction era-governor barricaded himself in his administrative office and refused to give it up when voters failed to reelect him. A 20th-century governor, an alumnus of Yale, married his first cousin and served as an officer in the Ku Klux Klan. This c ..."
"The story of Alabama's governors has been often bizarre, occasionally inspiring, but never dull. Several of the state's early governors fought duels; one killed his wife's lover. A Reconstruction era-governor barricaded himself in his administrative office and refused to give it up when voters failed to reelect him. A 20th-century governor, an alumnus of Yale, married his first cousin and served as an officer in the Ku Klux Klan. This ..."