TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,James Seay
TI  - Distracted by Alabama: Tangled Threads of Natural History, Local History, and Folklore
SN  - 9780817393939
AV  - F326 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Tuscaloosa
PB  - University of Alabama Press
KW  - College teachers-Alabama-Biography
KW  - Folklore-Alabama
KW  - Natural history
KW  - Natural history-Alabama
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
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