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In 1836, on a cotton plantation in Alabama, twelve-year-old Elsy and her family endure the harsh realities of slavery and keep alive their family history by remembering their ancestors.

Describes the history, geography, cities, capital, and landmarks and attractions of Alabama, and identifies some of its famous citizens.

Provides an overview of the state of Alabama, covering its history, geography, government, economy, people, and culture.

When Cory Mackenson accompanies his father on his milk route one spring day in 1964, they see a car plunge into a bottomless lake.

John McCormack describes his first year as a country veterinarian in Choctaw County, Alabama between 1963 and 1964.

Words and photographs describe the daily lives of typical sharecropper families in the American South.

A pictorial introduction to Alabama, providing information about its early history, land, and resources, with a look at notable people, places, and events in the state.

During 1944, life in rural Alabama brings changes for eleven-year-old Tattnall as she realizes that she cannot always protect her older, brain-damaged cousin.

An illustrated introduction to Alabama, providing information about the land and climate, natural resources, plants and animals, tourism, industry, goods and services, history, population, politics and government, cultural groups, sports, and arts and entertainment of the state.

Contains the autobiography of Booker T. Washington, the son of a slave woman and white man where he discusses how he rose to become one of the most influential African-American leaders in the U.

The youngest of three sons raised to be poachers in the Alabama swamps rises above the snare of his destiny.

A collection of books one on each state that focuses on the geography of the state, the land, climate, industry, tourism, early settlers, population, cultural groups, arts and entertainment, sports, Native Americans, politics and government.

In 1948 Alabama, twelve-year-old cotton pickers Ted Dillon, a white boy, and Poudlum, an African-American, hatch a plan to aid an escaped African-American convict and save Poudlum's family from those who would steal their livelihood.

In 1965, third-grader Sheyann Webb and her friend Rachel West help change America by singing and marching for civil rights with Dr.

Traces the career of Charles Hays, former slaveholder and confederate soldier, who embraced the Republican party and the rights of freedom.