Designed for general readers, this series offers richly illustrated guidebooks to Alabama’s premier historical sites prepared by experts in their field. Sample publications include guidebooks to the sites of the Creek War of 1812-1814, Birmingham area iron and steel industry sites, Moundville, the Alabama Capitol, and Alabama’s Civil Rights heritage.
Alabama’s great civil rights events in a compact and accessible narrative, paired with a practical guide to Alabama’s preserved civil rights sites and monuments
A Driving Guide to the Birmingham Area Industrial Heritage
by James R. Bennett and Karen R. Utz
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9780817356118
Pub Date: July 2010
Format: Paperback
This guidebook of historic iron-production sites is designed to give the reader a factual and illuminating look at the people and events that shaped Birmingham into one of America’s leading steel centers. Heavily illustrated in color and historical black-and-white photographs, it can be used while visiting parks or read as a coherent volume before or after a visit.
Moundville tells the story of the ancient people who lived there, the modern struggle to save the site from destruction, and the scientific saga of the archaeologists who brought the story to life. Moundville is the book to read before, during, or after a visit to Alabama’s prehistoric metropolis
