Donna - The book is "the Confederados, Old South Immigrants in Brazil" edited by Cyrus Dawsey & James Dawsey , U. Al. press - I think they are profs as Auburn. It is heavily documented. The second chapter is the fascinating personal memories of a lady in her eighties who went there with her family when she was seven years old. That was so interesting it made the rest of the book seem pretty dull. Yes, those army ants are for real (remember the Charleston Heston movie?)- bob Donna Wall wrote: > Bob: > > Who was the author and publisher of the book? Sounds very interesting! > > Donna Wall > ----- Original Message ----- > From: M. Daniels <margie@majorinternet.com> > To: <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 10:55 PM > Subject: [ALBARBOU] Spring Hill/Brazil > > : > : ----- Original Message ----- > : From: "bob wise" <bwise@basinlink.com> > : To: <ALBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> > : Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2000 9:39 PM > : Subject: {not a subscriber} Spring Hill/Brazil > : > : > : > I recently saw a new book about the Southerners who headed for Brazil > : > after the war. One of the several group leaders was Col William Norris > : > and his son Robert of Spring Hill, Al. Are there other Spring Hills in > : > Al besides the one in Barbour Co.? Anyway, if anyone has lost some > : > Norris kin maybe that's where they went. -bob > : > PS- As we might expect, their story was nothing like we've been told. > : > Of the thousands who went - only one is recorded to have owned slaves. > : > So that's not why the went; they just weren't going to abide what was > : > going to happen to their homeland. The name of the book is > : > "Confederados" > : > > : > > : > : > : ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== > : Check the Macon County Ga. web site for their newspaper listings. There > are many listings for Alabama citizens including those in Barbour Co., > : > > ==== ALBARBOU Mailing List ==== > This is a closed list and only subscribers will be allowed to post. NO FLAMING, OBSCENE LANGUAGE OR DISRESPECT OF ANY KIND WILL BE TOLERATED. No virus postings will be allowed. Got a complaint then contact me not the list margie@majorinternet.com Good luck in your searches.