Distracted by Alabama : Tangled Threads of Natural History, Local History, and Folklore.
Brown, James Seay.
Distracted by Alabama : Tangled Threads of Natural History, Local History, and Folklore. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (319 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Immersed in the Cahaba River -- Chapter Two. Homewood's Salamander Migration and Festival -- Chapter Three. The Archy Culvert, a.k.a. Ross Bridge -- Chapter Four. Foxfire, Folk Crafts, and Folkcenter South -- Chapter Five. What Wondrous Love Is This: Sacred Harp Singing -- Chapter Six. Telescoping Time: Landscape Architecture, Historical Geography, and Greenways -- Chapter Seven. Herb Doctor Tommie Bass and the Scholars -- Chapter Eight. Experimenting with Experiential Education -- Chapter Nine. Survival of the Great Shoal Fishtrap and Other Old Practices -- Chapter Ten. River Redhorse and the Seasonal Snaring Th ereof -- Chapter Eleven. The Mountain Workshop of the Alabama Audubon Society -- Chapter Twelve. For the Amusement of the Boys: John Mealing, Railroad Caller -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
9780817393939
College teachers-Alabama-Biography.
Folklore-Alabama.
Natural history.
Natural history-Alabama.
Electronic books.
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Distracted by Alabama : Tangled Threads of Natural History, Local History, and Folklore. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (319 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. Immersed in the Cahaba River -- Chapter Two. Homewood's Salamander Migration and Festival -- Chapter Three. The Archy Culvert, a.k.a. Ross Bridge -- Chapter Four. Foxfire, Folk Crafts, and Folkcenter South -- Chapter Five. What Wondrous Love Is This: Sacred Harp Singing -- Chapter Six. Telescoping Time: Landscape Architecture, Historical Geography, and Greenways -- Chapter Seven. Herb Doctor Tommie Bass and the Scholars -- Chapter Eight. Experimenting with Experiential Education -- Chapter Nine. Survival of the Great Shoal Fishtrap and Other Old Practices -- Chapter Ten. River Redhorse and the Seasonal Snaring Th ereof -- Chapter Eleven. The Mountain Workshop of the Alabama Audubon Society -- Chapter Twelve. For the Amusement of the Boys: John Mealing, Railroad Caller -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
9780817393939
College teachers-Alabama-Biography.
Folklore-Alabama.
Natural history.
Natural history-Alabama.
Electronic books.
F326