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The Very Worst Road. Travellers' Accounts of Crossing Alabama's Old Creek Indian Territory, 1820-1847.
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Paperback. Contains sixteen contemporary accounts by travelers who reached Alabama along what was known as the 'Old Federal Road'. This title deals with the rather remarkable array of impediments that faced travelers in Alabama in its first decades as a state. It describes the road, the inns, the travelling companions, and the few and raw communities. Series: Fire Ant Books. Num Pages: 176 pages, 4 illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
The Very Worst Road was originally published by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission in 1998. ""The Very Worst Road"" contains sixteen contemporary accounts by travelers who reached Alabama along what was known as the 'Old Federal Road'. More of a network of paths than a single road, it ran from Columbus and points south in Georgia for more or less due west into central Alabama and to where the confluence of the Tallapoosa and Coosa Rivers forms the Alabama River. These accounts deal candidly with the rather remarkable array of impediments that faced travelers in Alabama in its first decades as ... Read more
The Very Worst Road was originally published by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission in 1998. ""The Very Worst Road"" contains sixteen contemporary accounts by travelers who reached Alabama along what was known as the 'Old Federal Road'. More of a network of paths than a single road, it ran from Columbus and points south in Georgia for more or less due west into central Alabama and to where the confluence of the Tallapoosa and Coosa Rivers forms the Alabama River. These accounts deal candidly with the rather remarkable array of impediments that faced travelers in Alabama in its first decades as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Fire Ant Books
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817355500
SKU
V9780817355500
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About
Col. Jeffrey C. Benton USAF (Ret.) holds the MPS degree from Auburn University and a MA from the University of North Carolina. His other books include They Served Here: 33 Maxwell Men, A Sense of Place: Montgomery's Architectural Heritage, and Air Force Officer's Guide.
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