LYNDA W. BROWN, now retired, taught English at Auburn University at Montgomery and at George Mason University.DONALD B. DODD, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University at Montgomery, is now on the staff of the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham. He is the author of several books, including Alabama Now and Then: A Contemporary Look (1994) and Historical Statistics of the States of the United States: Two Centuries of the Census, 1790-1990 (Greenwood, 1993).LLOYD H. CORNETT JR., now retired, was an Air Force historian for over 30 years and for 15 years headed the Air Force Historical Research Center, Maxwell Air Force Base. He is the author of 45 volumes of Air Force history, published from 1955 to 1974.ALMA D. STEADING is Associate Librarian Emerita, Furman University.

• Series Foreword Preface Map: Alabama Waterways and Major Cities Chronology The Environment Native Americans: Prehistory to the Present European Exploration and Colonization, 1540-1813 Territorial and Formative Periods, 1798-1830 Antebellum Period, 1830-1860 Confederate Period, 1861-1865 Reconstruction Period, 1865-1874 Late Nineteenth Century, 1875-1900 Early Twentieth Century, 1901-1945 Late Twentieth Century, 1946-1996 General History and Reference Historic Sites Author Index Subject Index

LYNDA W. BROWN, now retired, taught English at Auburn University at Montgomery and at George Mason University.DONALD B. DODD, Professor Emeritus, Auburn University at Montgomery, is now on the staff of the Southern Museum of Flight in Birmingham. He is the author of several books, including Alabama Now and Then: A Contemporary Look (1994) and Historical Statistics of the States of the United States: Two Centuries of the Census, 1790-1990 (Greenwood, 1993).LLOYD H. CORNETT JR., now retired, was an Air Force historian for over 30 years and for 15 years headed the Air Force Historical Research Center, Maxwell Air Force Base. He is the author of 45 volumes of Air Force history, published from 1955 to 1974.ALMA D. STEADING is Associate Librarian Emerita, Furman University.

• Series Foreword Preface Map: Alabama Waterways and Major Cities Chronology The Environment Native Americans: Prehistory to the Present European Exploration and Colonization, 1540-1813 Territorial and Formative Periods, 1798-1830 Antebellum Period, 1830-1860 Confederate Period, 1861-1865 Reconstruction Period, 1865-1874 Late Nineteenth Century, 1875-1900 Early Twentieth Century, 1901-1945 Late Twentieth Century, 1946-1996 General History and Reference Historic Sites Author Index Subject Index