Conecuh People: Words of Life from the Alabama Black Belt

by Wade H. Hall, Thomas Clark (Foreword)

This volume is an intimate collection of oral history interviews that captures the lives of the people who were once the backbone of the rural South, in this case from Bullock County, Alabama. The interviews are elevated to art by the skill of the interviewer/author, a native, who left the area after high school and became a college professor and well-known author in Kentucky but always maintained his roots in the community where he grew up.

272 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2005

Reviews

[Patrick Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

I developed an online tourism guide for this book at the Southeastern Literary Tourism Initiative. The guide has photos, links, an excerpt, and a review based on the charming town of Union Springs. The book was adapted into an annual play performed at the historic Red Door Theatre there. For any readers interested in visiting the area, check out the SELTI guide here: http://southeasternliterarytourismini...

I interviewed Wade for the guide, and he is wonderfully entertaining in person.