{"product_id":"alabama-founders-9780817319830","title":"Alabama Founders","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProvides an important examination of the lives of fourteen political and military leaders. These were the men who opened Alabama for settlement, secured Alabama's status as a territory in 1817 and as a state in 1819, and helped lay the foundation for the political and economic infrastructure of Alabama in its early years as a state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe individuals Lewis discusses here were instrumental in laying a figurative foundation for the development of the state of Alabama. They are therefore people we should know. \u003ci\u003eAlabama Founders\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding introduction to their lives and times and promises to be a valuable reference source for anyone seeking to understand Alabama’s beginnings.\"\" - Mike Bunn, director of operations at Historic Blakeley State Park in Baldwin County, Alabama, author of \u003ci\u003eCivil War Eufaula, \u003c\/i\u003eand coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBattle for the Southern Frontier: The Creek War and the War of 1812\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Territorial and early statehood are topics that have long been neglected in favor of the more popular topics of Native Americans, the Civil War, and civil rights. \u003ci\u003eAlabama Founders \u003c\/i\u003efills a need for scholarship that highlights this time period and the personalities who shaped it.\"\" - Clay Williams, sites administrator for the museums division of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBattle for the Southern Frontier: The Creek War and the War of 1812\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"The University of Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038569726295,"sku":"9780817319830","price":30.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780817319830.jpg?v=1750940712","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/alabama-founders-9780817319830","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}