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Author: Kaufmann, Thomas
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 162
Dimensions: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
Product Weight: 0.85 lbs.
Language: English
ISBN: 9781540241450
After seven years of climbing into attics, domes, towers and steeples, Thomas Kaufmann emerges with a story of Alabama bells that encapsulates the history of the state itself. These bells--some dormant, others pealing still--were forged by the Reveres in Boston. They called Alabamians to worship, celebrated weddings and tolled at funerals. They sounded the death knell for countless parishioners during the havoc of the Civil War, watched over the Freedom Riders and shook from the blast of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. And while their clear tones have rung out in remembrance of so many of the state's solemn and sacred moments, many of these bells have fallen into neglect, their silence serving as its own reminder of the urgent need for preservation....less
Author: Kaufmann, Thomas
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 162
Dimensions: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
Product Weight: 0.85 lbs.
Language: English
ISBN: 9781540241450
After seven years of climbing into attics, domes, towers and steeples, Thomas Kaufmann emerges with a story of Alabama bells that encapsulates the history of the state itself. These bells--some dormant, others pealing still--were forged by the Reveres in Boston. They called Alabamians to worship, celebrated weddings and tolled at funerals. They sounded the death knell for countless parishioners during the havoc of the Civil War, watched over the Freedom Riders and shook from the blast of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing. And while their clear tones have rung out in remembrance of so many of the state's solemn and sacred moments, many of these bells have fallen into neglect, their silence serving as its own reminder of the urgent need for preservation....less
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Author: Kaufmann, Thomas
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 162
Dimensions: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d
Product Weight: 0.85 lbs.
Language: English
ISBN: 9781540241450
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