Stars fell on Alabama
By: Carl Carmer ; introduction by J. Wayne Flynt ; illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 1985
Place of publication: University, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Folklore -- Alabama.; African Americans -- Alabama -- Social life and customs.; Alabama -- Social life and customs.; Alabama -- Description and travel.
Description: Stars Fell on Alabama is truly a classic. The book enjoyed enormous popularity and notoriety when it was first published (it was a selection of The Literary Guild and also sold widely in Europe). It can be described as a book of folkwaysnot journalism, or history, or a novel. At times it is impressionistic; at other times it conveys deep insights into the character of Alabama. Carmer visited every region of the state, always accompanied by someone intimately familiar with the locality. The mosaic that emerges from the pages of his book portrays Alabamas human landscape in all its variety, and it is a work essential to an understanding of Alabama and its culture.