Carmer reveals himself here as a writer of more than ordinary. The book enjoyed enormous popularity and notoriety when it was first published it was a selection of the literary guild and also sold widely in europe. The book is about carmers travels through the state, traditions such as sacred harp singing and the local myths and superstitions of alabama. It refers to a spectacular occurrence of the leonid meteor shower that had been observed in alabama in november 1833, the night the stars fell. Armstrong stars fell on alabama sheet music fake book. And it was a big enough bestseller that the music publisher irving mills, one of the canniest of tin pan alley opportunists, decided there must be a song in it.
Cracked rear hinge and on the page preceding the title page. Stars fell on alabama by carl carmer is a book of folkways. This was a used book in good condition as promised and a great price. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. It later inspired the jazz standard stars fell on alabama by frank perkins and michael parish. Heres stars fell on alabama it only felt right to film it outside at 2am. Stars fell on alabama by carl carmer, first edition abebooks. Stars fell on alabama cynthia lin jazz ukulele youtube.
The title refers to the leonid meteor shower of 1833, also known as the night the stars fell. The song stars fell on alabama was a hit in 1934, the same year a book by the same name was published. The book enjoyed enormous popularity and notoriety when it was first published it was a selection of the literary guild and also sold widely in. Stars fell on alabama by carl carmer 1934 for sale online. It captures the time and place and demonstrates the changes made. The book enjoyed enormous popularity and notoriety when it was first published it was a selection of. In it, carmer relates his six years of living among the people and culture of alabama in the 1920s.
What cable did for louisiana, carmer has done for alabama in this extraordinary book. There is a book plate on the front endpapers and the remnant of an old price tag opposite. This book is a hodgepodge of personal memories and collected stories. Stars of alabama is a beautifullywritten novel that begins during the great depression and spans roughly 20 years. The song was a hit in 1934, the same year a book by the.
From recent scientific information, an event like this. In a highflying adventure that reaches from earth to the farthest edges of the universe, stars fell on alabama is an unforgettable story full of science, excitement, and danger. To all my alabama friends and family, and to all my friends who love to read good, honest folk writing i highly recommend a book i have had in my personal library for a number of years stars fell on alabama by carl carmer. Fascinating reading and with the scottsboro case centering attention on alabama, it comes at a good time for stimulating live interest. Stars fell on alabama stars fell on alabama was written by carl lamson carmer 18931976, who grew up in upstate new york. Book was written in the 30s about a northerners experience in alabama. The shower inspired the title of carl carmers 1934 bestselling book stars fell on alabama, which related carmers experiences in alabama in the 1920s through the dramatized voice of a northerner. It was okay, i guess, but mostly it just reminded me of how fantastic stars fell on alabama by carl carmer is. Itcan be described as a book of folkwaysnot journalism, or history, or a novel.
More than 70 years after its publication, students, scholars, and the general public still read the book and enjoy the stories that carmer heard. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. Carmer was a northerner who taught at the university of alabama in the 1920s. Apparently this was issued as a prepublication promotional item. The book enjoyed enormous popularity and notoriety when it was first published it was a selection of the literary guild. Its told in short chapters, most no more than three pages long, each focusing on one of the novels many main characters. This work recounts carmers arrival in alabama in the late 19. A dramatic meteor shower filled the sky with about 30,000 meteors an hour in an event remembered as the night stars fell on alabama. In the mid1980s, on a trip home to alabama i stopped by anderson bookland, at that time the best book story in florence, alabama, to buy books about the shoals area. We couldnt make it down south so we shot it here in manhattan. Gno jacket alabama has been a land with a spell on it not a good spell, always. The introduction by howell raines is also very good and it discusses how this book, one of the countrys bestselling books in the 1930s, faded into obscurity. Find stars fell on alabama by carmer, carl at biblio.
Carl carmer the authors travels and impressions of alabama. It is not journalism, or history, folklore, or a novel. Stars fell on alabama carl lamson carmer snippet view 1934. Weve all heard the song stars fell on alabama and assume it came from the book titled with the same name written by carl carmer in 1934 as well as the song with the same name written by mitchell parish and frank perkins a few years later. Similar books to stars fell on alabama library alabama classics. Historic meteor storm inspired stars fell on alabama hit. The title appears to have been borrowed from the title of the 1934 book of the same name by carl carmer. The song stars fell on alabama has deep roots in astronomy as well as state history. Carl lamson carmer october 16, 1893 september 11, 1976 was an american author of nonfiction books, memoirs, and novels, many of which focused on americana such as myths, folklore, and tales. It is at times impressionistic, and at other times it conveys deep insights into the character of alabama s people and places.
Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers. But its release on june 26, 1934 was greeted with a critical acclaim and commercial success that stunned the author, the publishers, and even the book s promoters in the literary guild book club. One gets a strange, conflicting, conglomerate mass of evidence the picture of a state as far removed from our eastern seaboard civilization as the african jungle. Stars fell on alabama paperback january 1, 1934 by mitchell parish and frank perkins author. It can be described as a book of folkwaysnot journalism, or history, or a novel. More than a half century has passed since farrar and rinehart published stars fell on alabama, a book today that is hardly read outside the state named in its title. Stars fell on alabama american century series by carl carmer and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. His most famous book, stars fell on alabama, was an autobiographical story. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Many an alabamian to this day reckons dates from the year the stars f. Original workquinn tucker is a green beret that got sent home.
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