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Dec 18, 2000 · This book, written in the early 1930s, gives a Northerner's intimate impression of life in Southern Alabama in the '20s. The unconscious and fully conscious racism of the people depicted is obvious to the writer, but he paints a fairly compassionate view of it.
- Carl Carmer
Stars Fell on Alabama. Carl Carmer, Howell Raines (Introduction) 4.07. 72 ratings19 reviews. This work recounts Carmer's arrival in Alabama in the late 1920s, his exploration of the state, its people, customs and racial violence. Genres History Nonfiction Travel. 320 pages, Paperback. First published January 1, 1935. Book details & editions.
An upstate New York-raised professor of poetry at an Alabama university tours the state by sections -- meet people, hear about local history and folklore and garner a sense of Alabama's social and political climate during the late 1920's and early '30's.
Sep 15, 2015 · This book, written in the early 1930s, gives a Northerner's intimate impression of life in Southern Alabama in the '20s. The unconscious and fully conscious racism of the people depicted is obvious to the writer, but he paints a fairly compassionate view of it.
- Carl Carmer
Aug 29, 2019 · Stars fell on Alabama. by. Carmer, Carl Lamson, 1893-. Publication date. 1934. Topics. Afro-Americans -- Folklore, Afro-Americans -- Alabama, Folklore -- Alabama, Alabama -- Description and travel, Alabama -- Social life and customs. Publisher. New York, Farrar & Rinehart, inc.
Dec 6, 2016 · Stars Fell on Alabama. Paperback – December 6, 2016. In a high-flying adventure that reaches from Earth to the farthest edges of the universe, Stars Fell on Alabama is an unforgettable story full of science, excitement, and romance.
Mar 27, 2023 · For six years, Carmer travelled to every corner of the state, kept copious notes, and later turned them into Stars Fell On Alabama, referring to an 1833 meteor event that appeared as a shower of stars falling on the countryside. Published by Farrar and Rinehart in 1934 and illustrated by LeRoy Baldridge, the story was so unusual that it defied ...
