Eddie B. Rozelle

RECOLLECTIONS

MY FOLKS AND FIELDS

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

RECOLLECTIONS: My Folks and Fields by Eddie B. Rozelle Editor, Rebecca Rozelle Burt In 1960 Eddie B. Rozelle self-published Recollections: My Folks and Fields. The book is a cultural and social history centered in Clay County, Alabama, located in the east central section of the state. By using a manual typewriter and a mimeograph machine and finally having the pages bound in heavy paper, the author recorded a thorough depiction of rural life in southern Alabama in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This new edition, edited by Eddie Rozelle¿s daughter Rebecca Rozelle Burt, is essentially identical to the first. The editing involved little other than correcting mechanical and structural errors. An appendix was added, consisting of relevant material that should be of great interest to readers. Though Rozelle makes it clear that the grueling work involved in farming dominated the lives of most inhabitants of the region, the enormous amount of detail concerning education, medical care, church activities, entertainment, and civic practices re-creates a particular time and place in American history. The narratives of specific events come alive in this writer¿s hands, sometimes with humor, at others with a tragic eye. The strengths of the small, close-knit world were characterized by the interdependence of family and community. Most inhabitants of the Hatchett Creek community worked together to improve their lot, both collectively and individually. It is obvious that Rozelle¿s appreciation of these values, even the hardships of his early life, led him to write this history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 663g
• ISBN-13: 9781514450079
• ISBN-10: 1514450070
• Artikelnr.: 53128807

Autorenporträt

" AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY: Eddie B.Rozelle was born in 1890 in Clay County, Alabama. He was the eldest of four children and grew up helping his father on the family farm in the Hatchett Creek community. As a young man he taught in a one-room schoolhouse for several years. Later he joined the United States Postal Service, eventually becoming a rural mail carrier. He continued in this capacity until his retirement, after which he began a project of which he had dreamed and planned for quite a long time. He wrote and published Recollections: My Folks and Fields. Subsequently he wrote Gentleman Drummer, a novel set in the same time period. He and his wife, Mary Patillo Rozelle, had five children and lived for many years in Talladega, Alabama. He died in 1981. EDITOR'S BIOGRAPHY: Rebecca Rozelle Burt was the fifth of five children born to Eddie and Mary Rozelle. For many years she was a teacher. After her retirement from the Jacksonville State University English faculty, she has written and published two books. She and her husband reside in Anniston, Alabama."