David: I tried to find it but can't put my hands on it at the moment. I do remember now that we were in a small town in TN called Townsend, at their welcome center, which is part of the National Park Service. It was not that much. You must be careful when buying rare books. I have found a wonderful search engine that you can go to for out of print genealogy books, and new alike. It's called AddALL and it finds the books you are looking for and lists all their locations and prices. You will be shocked at how the prices vary for rare, out of print books, and new alike. I'll bet you can find this book on that site. If I find mine, I'll let you know. Sabra ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Gray" <ostrich@atlantic.net> To: "Johnny and Sabra Sudberry" <j.ssud@sonet.net> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 10:59 PM Subject: Re: Rare book for AL. History (c)1934 many counties! > Would you tell us the price of this book new? If they have it at a National > Park in Tennessee, I'm sure it can be bought through the mail. > Thanks, > David Gray > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Johnny and Sabra Sudberry" <j.ssud@sonet.net> > To: <ALLAMAR-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 11:22 PM > Subject: Re: Rare book for AL. History (c)1934 many counties! > > > > This book is still in print. I bought mine at a National Park bookstore in > > TN. > > > > Sabra > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <tazzer@us.inter.net> > > To: <ALLAMAR-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 9:25 PM > > Subject: Rare book for AL. History (c)1934 many counties! > > > > > > > Stars Fell on Alabama © 1934 > > > "1st Edition!" by Carl Carmer > > > > > > This is a very rare, true classic, some of the best reading I have done > in > > a > > > very long time. Takes you back to yesteryear when during the war, slave, > > and > > > the country hicks way of life. > > > Illustrated by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. > > > > > > STARS FELL ON ALABAMA > > > Some of the places/things mentioned are: > > > Tuscaloosa, AL. > > > Ku Klux Klan. > > > Indians of Tuscaloosa-Great Chief Tush-ka-lusa. > > > Nokomis, Escambia, AL. > > > Oxford, AL. > > > Birmingham, AL. > > > Springville, AL. > > > Opp, AL. > > > Montgomery, AL. > > > Lamar Co. > > > Eutaw, Al.-Letter written by S. J. Chapman to Mrs. Chapman. > > > Green Co., AL. > > > Oxford, AL. > > > Black Rituals > > > Mobile, AL. and the Bayou Country. > > > Dauphin Island. > > > Hogansville > > > Includes old Mountain superstitions. > > > Old Negro superstitions. > > > Names many quilt patterns. > > > Names of old fiddlers tunes. > > > Many old poems > > > > > > Voodoo Conjuring-Conjur Woman: > > > To Cure Warts. > > > To Drive Your Rival Out of the Country. > > > To Give Your Rival Bad Luck. > > > To Get a Girl To Sleep With You. > > > To Keep Wife From Flirting Around. > > > To Keep Your Land and Have a Good Crop. > > > To Know When You Have Been Tricked. > > > To Revenge Yourself On An Enemy. > > > To Cure Misery in de Back. > > > To Keep Your Girl Coming To You Regularly. > > > > > > Arriving in Alabama on a train from New York, Carl Carmer wrote of a > > strange > > > country he visited, as different as another planet from his known world. > > > He roamed and wrote of people he met, and their foreign way of life, > .... > > the > > > whisky-swilling backwoods men of Alabama, the raw towns like Birmingham > > during > > > the 20s and 30s, ... the Scottsboro boys, ... the Klux Klan, ... oral > and > > > cultural traditions among Alabama African Americans, ...the Civil War > > veteran > > > who became a murderer of U.S. marshals and a religious zealot, and who > was > > > lynched to avoid a trial and certain execution, ... the great outlaws, > The > > > Outlaw Sheriff of Sumter County, Rube Burrow: Alabama Robin Hood, and > > Railroad > > > Bill, one white, the other black and so feared his body was displayed in > > > several cities to prove he was dead. > > > Carl Carmer paints a vivid, sometimes charming, occasionally horrifying, > > but > > > always fascinating picture of the complex and diverse black and white > > > communities. > > > The "N" word is used throughout, describing cultural and folk roots, > > "Conjure > > > Woman", "Black Rituals", "Stud N.....", etc. And then, there's "Two-toed > > Tom", > > > a 15 foot aligator thought to be trapped in a pond, only to be found > > surfacing > > > in a nearby pond, devouring a 12 year old child. > > > Years later, scientists learned of the ancient underwater tunnels of the > > > reptiles, as Tom moved on to become a legend in Florida. > > > Author's Note > > > "All of the events related in this book happened substantially as I have > > > recorded them. > > > It has been necessary in a few instances to disguise characters to avoid > > > causing them serious embarrassment (for instance my hosts during the > > lynching). > > > I have also taken the liberty of telescoping time occasionally--since I > > have > > > attempted to select significant occurrences which took place over a span > > of a > > > half-dozen years. > > > The number of people who have helped me in the making of this book is > > legion. > > > It must include a surprisingly large percentage of the inhabitants of > > Alabama. > > > I should be graceless indeed, however, if I did not own my gratitude to > > Ruby > > > Pickens Tartt and her daughter, Fannie Pickens Tartt, who made my Black > > Belt > > > excursion possible; to Knox Ide and Robert Harwood who wandered the Red > > Hills > > > with me; to the Honorable Earl McGowin and Francis Inge whose > > companionship > > > throughout my life in Alabama and afterwards has been full of > affectionate > > > encouragement; to Clyde Robinson who has been an indefatigable scout for > > > interesting material; to Marie Bankhead Owen of the Alabama State > > Department of > > > Archives and History; and to all my Negro friends, unfailing in their > > warm- > > > hearted assistance." > > > > > > This is a hardbound book of 294 pages, decorated endpapers and wonderful > > > illustrations by Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge. > > > It was published in 1934 by Blue Ribbon Books. It is in good condition. > > > > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll? > > > > > > ViewItem&item=1678766792&r=0&t=0&showTutorial=0&ed=1018916314&indexURL=0&rd= > > 1 > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Kat > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > > This message was sent using Inter.net Webmail. > > > http://www.us.inter.net/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >