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Alabama Historical Trivia:
~The World's first successful combat Submarine, the CSS Hunley, was built at Mobile, Alabama in 1863. It sank with all hands while returning from a mission in which it sank the USS Housatonic off blockaded Charleston Harbor in 1864. (Click for Available Hunley Works).
~The World's first Electric Trolley System was placed in service in 1883 at Montgomery, Alabama. 
~The first American flight school was opened by the Wright Brothers in 1910 at Montgomery, Alabama. 
~The first Educational Television Network in the United States was the "Alabama Public Television Network". Its first State-wide broadcast was in April of 1955. (Stations WAIQ, WBIQ, WCIQ, WDIQ, WEIQ, WFIQ, WGIQ, WHIQ, WIIQ). Station WCIQ, located atop Mount Cheaha near Talledega, Alabama, was only the ninth non-commercial television station in the nation when it went on the air in January of 1955. 
Alabama's Literary Preferences, 100 Years Ago:
Alabama's (and the USA's) Second Most Read (and most used) Book of 1897:
1897 Sears, Roebuck Catalogue /100th Anniv Reprint
Fred L. Israel (Editor), S. J. Perelman /Paperback /Pub.1997
MSRP: 19.95
1897 Sears Roebuck Catalogue
Israel, Perelman /Library Binding /Pub.1993
MSRP: 43.95
Alabama's (and the World's) Most Read Book of 1897 was THE BIBLE!
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Films, Books About Alabama or Famous Alabamians:
The Crimson Tide : An Illustrated History of Football at the University of Alabama
illustrated history from 1892 to present, all 12 Championships, nearly 300 photographs & more...
Contributors: Keith Jackson, Scott Hunter, Sela Ward (see her Bookshelf here)...
Winston Groom (see his Bookshelf here) /Hardcover /Pub.2000
MSRP: 39.95
Films, Books about one of Alabama's Most Revered:
The BEAR (Paul W. "Bear" Bryant) (Movie 1984)
Gary Busey as "Bear" Bryant, Cynthia Leake as Mary Harmon Bryant, Carmen
Thomas as Mae Martin Bryant, Cary Guffey as Grandson Marc, Harry Dean Stanton
as Coach Thomas, Jon-Erik Hexum as Pat Trammell, Steve Greenstein as Joe Namath,
Michael McGrady as Gene Stallings, William Wesley Neighbors Jr. as Billy Neighbors,
Brett Rice as Don Hutson.., Music by "Alabama"... /VHSTape /Pub.2002
(We are sorry, but this film has once again been withdrawn by its producers)
Bear Bryant Story, featuring Joe Namath /VHS
Joe Namath, Paul "Bear" Bryant... /VHSTape /Pub.1990
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Faith of the Crimson Tide : Inspiring Alabama Sports Stories of Faith
Wayne Atcheson, John Croyle /Hardcover /Pub.2000
MSRP: 15.95
The Junction Boys: How Ten Days in Hell With Bear Bryant Forged a Championship Team
Jim Dent, Gene Stallings /Hardcover /Pub.1999
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The Junction Boys: How Ten Days in Hell With Bear Bryant Forged a Championship Team
Jim Dent, Gene Stallings /Paperback /Pub.2000
MSRP: 13.95
Turnaround: Bear Bryant's 1st Year at Alabama
Detailed story of how the Bear coached a pitiful 3-wins-in-4-years
Crimson Tide football program back to its former glory, 1958-on!
Tom Stoddard /Hardcover /Pub.2000
MSRP: 24.95
I Ain't Never Been Nothing but a Winner: Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant's 323 Greatest Quotes About Success, on and Off the Football Field
Paul W. Bryant, Creed King, Heidi Tyline King /Hardcover /Pub.2000
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Famous Films About Alabama or Famous Alabamians:
This exciting movie about the current Submarine USS Alabama, has little to do with the State of Alabama, or the Crimson Tide, but we Alabamians are proud of it and its crew, just as we are proud of the Battleship Alabama, below, and the (then) young men who fought and died aboard her during WWII:
DVDCrimson Tide /DVD (1995)
Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington... /DVDVideo /Pub.2002
MSRP: 19.99
Crimson Tide /VHS
Hackman, Washington... /VHSTape /Pub.1997
MSRP: 9.99
The unauthorized Movie about former Alabama Governor George Wallace:
DVDGeorge Wallace /DVD (1997)
Gary Sinise, Mare Winningham, Clarence Williams III, Joe Don Baker/ DVD/Due2004
(Click Title)
George Wallace /VHS
Sinise, Winningham, Williams, Baker/ VHS/Pub.1998
MSRP: 19.98
(Gary Sinise also co-starred with Tom Hanks in the Movie Apollo 13 (listed below), and in Forrest Gump based on Alabamian Winston Groom's Novel.)
True story of the murder of District Attorney Albert Patterson by Gambling Interests*, and the trial, filmed on location in Phenix City, Alabama while the trial was in progress. Albert Patterson's son, John Patterson was elected Governor of Alabama soon after the release of this Film. *[Note: they're back--Alabama's last governor was a staunch supporter of state-sponsored gambling, and in spite of the overwhelming defeat of his "state lottery bill" in 1999, he ran for reelection in 2002 promising to once again reintroduce gambling. He was defeated by anti-gambling candidate, Bob Riley, by a few votes, but gambling interests still have strong influence the Alabama Legislature.]:
The Phenix City Story (Movie 1955)
John McIntire, Richard Kiley, Kathryn Grant, Edward Andrews, Ma Beachie /Movie
(Currently Not Available)
The Tragedy and the Triumph of Phenix City, Alabama
Margaret Anne Barnes /Hardcover /Pub.1998
MSRP: 24.95
Filmed at Opelika, Alabama, one of the leading Textile Industry regions in the USA:
DVDNorma Rae /DVD (1979) (Academy Award)
Young single mother helps unionize her textile mill despite dangers involved.
Sally Field (Oscar Winner), Beau Bridges... /DVDVideo /Pub.2002
MSRP: 9.98
Norma Rae /VHS
Sally Field, Beau Bridges... /VHSTape /Pub.1996
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This Movie, a fictionalized History of old-time prison life and the (then) new method of execution which was to replace hanging, was filmed at the old Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama:
The Traveling Executioner (Movie 1970)
Stacy Keach, Marianna Hill, M. Emmet Walsh, John Bottoms, Ford Rainey... /Movie
(Currently Not Available on Video)
One of the terms of filming at Kilby Prison, was that film's explosives experts were to demolish it. But, after 3 attempts to blow up the structure with enormous charges, they were simply not able to bring down many of its massive walls, which stood for many years after, like ruins of some huge and forgotten ancient Monument.
        In spite of its somber genre, drab scenes of the real prison execution chamber and "Yellow Momma" (the official State Electric Chair), this film was a beautiful and authentic visual depiction of the early 1900s.
A newer Movie, although not filmed in Alabama, which rivals the scenic quality of "The Traveling Executioner," and with a similar story-line, is:
DVDThe Green Mile /DVD (1999)
Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, David Morse, Michael Clarke Duncan, Michael Jeter,
Graham Greene, Doug Hutchinson, Harry Dean Stanton, Sam Rockwell, Bonnie
Hunt, Dabbs Greer, James Cromwell, Patricia Clarkson... /DVDVideo /Pub.2004
MSRP: 19.97
The Green Mile /VHS Widescreen Collector's Ed.
Hanks, Sinise, Duncan, Hutchinson... /VHSTape /Pub.2000
MSRP: 8.99
The Green Mile /VHS Collector's Ed.
Hanks, Sinise, Duncan, Hutchinson... /VHSTape /Pub.2000
MSRP: 8.99
The Green Mile /VHS Spanish Ed.
Hanks, Sinise, Duncan, Hutchinson... /VHSTape /Pub.2000
MSRP: 8.99
3 Movies based on Capote's works were filmed in Alabama, including "The Grass Harp" (1996) starring Matthau, Laurie, Spacek, ... (See Our Truman Capote BookShelf Here)
Alabama's Pre- and Early Statehood Years:
Mobile, Alabama is one of the earliest used North American seaports, and was the first permanently settled Capitol of the French Colony of Louisiana:
Old Mobile : Fort Louis De LA Louisiane, 1702-1711
Jay Higginbotham /Paperback-Univ. of Alabama Press /Pub.1991
MSRP: 27.50

The Federal Road Through Georgia, the Creek Nation, and Alabama, 1806-1836
Henry Deleon Southerland, Jr., Jerry Elijah Brown /Paperback /Pub.1990
MSRP: 17.95

Alabama Cemeteries : A Guide to Their Stories in Stone
Donna J. Booth /Paperback /Pub.1999
MSRP: 14.95
Early Settlers of Alabama : With Notes and Genealogies
James Edmonds Saunders, Elizabeth Saunders Blair Stubbs /Paperback /Pub.2001
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Before the first settlers arrived in America, it was the home of proud American Indian Tribes, among the most remarkably civilized and advanced of these were the Tribes of the Southern territories, many of which were farmers, living in well-built log homes. Some of these native Americans were Plantation owners in Alabama's early statehood years.
Creek Indian History : A Historical Narrative of the Genealogy, Traditions and Downfall of the Ispocoga or Creek Indian Tribe of Indians
George Stiggins (one of the Tribe, 1788-1845) /Paperback /Repub.2003
MSRP: 34.95
The World of the Southern Indians : Tribes, Leaders, and Customs
Virginia P. Brown, Laurella Owens (Contributor) /Paperback /Pub.1997
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The World of the Southern Indians : Tribes, Leaders, and Customs
Virginia P. Brown, Laurella Owens (Contributor) /Paperback /Pub.1984
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McIntosh and Weatherford, Creek Indian Leaders
Benjamin W. Griffith, Jr. /Paperback /Repr.1998
MSRP: 22.50
Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama
George Cary Eggleston /Paperback /Repr.1999
MSRP: 19.95
Cochula's Journey
Fictionalized account of DeSoto's Expedition of 1539, through the eyes of an
Alabama Chief's daughter /Virginia P. Brown /Hardcover /Pub.1996
MSRP: 18.00
Rivers of History: Life on the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama
Harvey H. Jackson III  /Paperback /Pub.1995
MSRP: 29.95
Southern Indian Myths and Legends
Laurella Owens, Virginia P. Brown /Hardcover /Ages 9-12 /Pub.1997
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Set in the Alabama Territory at the end of the Creek Indian Wars (1813-14), John Wayne plays a "Davy Crockett-Like" character (who fought in the Alabama Indian Wars for "Andy" Jackson), with Oliver Hardy of Laurel & Hardy fame playing his side-kick. Also mixes in the true facts of the 1817 settlement of Demopolis, Alabama by members of Napoleon's Court and French Officer Corp:
DVDThe Fighting Kentuckian /DVD (1949) Includes B&W and Colorized versions
John Wayne, Oliver Hardy, Paul Fix, Vera Ralston... /DVD /Pub.2002
MSRP: 14.98
The Fighting Kentuckian /VHS B&W
John Wayne, Oliver Hardy, Paul Fix, Vera Ralston... /VHSTape /Pub.1994
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The Fighting Kentuckian /VHS Colorized
Wayne, Hardy, Fix, Ralston... /Colorized VHSTape /Pub.1998
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This John Wayne DVD has 2 films dear to Alabamians:
DVDJohn Wayne Collection /DVD
The Flying Tigers (1942 BW) - Story of the Flying Tigers during WWII:
John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee, Paul Kelly, Gordon Jones (as Alabama Smith)...
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949 BW) Story of old Alabama during the Creek Wars:
John Wayne, Oliver Hardy, Paul Fix, Vera Ralston...
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949 BW) - Story of the batlle of Iwo Jima during WWII:
John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker, RichardJaeckel, Arthur Franz, Julie Bishop...
Rio Grande (1950 BW) - Story of the US Cavalry fighting the Apaches:
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr., Harry Carey Jr., Chill Wills...
In Old California (1942) - A Story of the vigilante days of old California:
John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Helen Parrish, Edgar Kennedy... /DVD /Pub.2002
MSRP: 44.98
Alabama's William Barrett Travis and Tennessee's Davy Crockett died at the Alamo in 1836, fighting for Texas independence from Mexico. Crockett had risked his life earlier fighting in the Alabama Territory Creek Indian War (1813-14), which opened the land that 9 year old Travis's Family settled in 1818, and lead to Alabama Statehood in 1819:
Three Roads to the Alamo : The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis
William C. Davis /Paperback /Pub.1999
MSRP: 20.00
Rendezvous at the Alamo : Highlights in the Lives of Bowie, Crockett and Travis
Virgil E. Baugh /Paperback /Pub.1985
MSRP: 16.95
John Wayne's Movie may never be surpassed as the ultimate Alamo Film, possibly having only one flaw -- the character-typing of W.B. Travis. Although brilliantly played by the much older Harvey -- (Click here to See Images of William B. Travis and Davy Crockett) Travis was noted to be witty and charming young man, liked by Crockett, and he was only 26 when he died at the Alamo.
DVDThe Alamo /Widescreen DVD (1960)
John Wayne as Davy Crockett, Laurence Harvey as Col. William B. Travis,
Richard Widmark, Richard Boone, Ken Curtis, Linda Cristal, Frankie Avalon,
Patrick Wayne... /DVDWidescreenVideo /Pub.2000
MSRP: 14.95
The Alamo /VHS
Wayne, Widmark, Harvey... /VHSTape /Pub.2000
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This later Movie, with a huge and famed cast, at least approaches the greatness of Wayne's 1960 Film, and Alec Baldwin presents a much more accurate depiction of Travis:
Alamo : Thirteen Days to Glory /VHS (1987)
James Arness (Bowie), Brian Keith (Crockett), Alec Baldwin (Travis), Lorne
Greene (Sam Houston), Raul Julia (Santa Anna), Ethan Wayne (Coonskin Capped
Defender-John Wayne's Youngest Son)... /VHSTape /Pub.1997
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The earliest known Movie made about the seige of the Alamo:
DVDThe Martyrs of the Alamo /DVD [aka "The Birth of Texas"] (1915)
D. W. Griffith's 1915 B&W Silent Epic, remastered and restored.
Walter Long (Santa Anna), Alfred Paget (Bowie), Alfred D. Sears (Crockett),
John Dillon (William B. Travis)... /DVDVideo /Pub.2004
MSRP: 9.99
Martyrs of the Alamo /VHS (1915)
D. W. Griffith's 1915 B&W Silent Epic, remastered and restored.
Walter Long (Santa Anna), Alfred Paget (Bowie), Alfred D. Sears (Crockett),
John Dillon (William B. Travis)... /VHSTape /75 minutes /Pub.1999
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The newest Movie made about the seige of the Alamo:
DVDThe Alamo /DVD (2004)
Dennis Quaid (Sam Houston), Billy Bob Thornton (Davy Crockett),
Jason Patric (James Bowie), Patrick Wilson (William Travis),
Emilio Echevarría (Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana)... /DVDVideo /Pub.2004
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DVDThe Alamo /DVD WideScreen
Quaid, Thornton, Patric, Wilson, Echevarría... /DVDVideo /Pub.2004
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The Alamo /VHS
Quaid, Thornton, Patric, Wilson, Echevarría... /VHSTape /Pub.2004
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More about Davy Crockett, who, except for an unexpected illness, would have moved to Alabama prior to 1820. He and three of his friends were scouting new homesites near the modern day city of Tuscaloosa when Crockett came down with an almost fatal fever.:

Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier/VHS (Disney 1955)
Fess Parker (Crockett), Buddy Ebsen (George Russel), Don Megowan (Col. Travis),
Basil Ruysdael (Andrew Jackson)... /VHSTape /Pub.2000
MSRP: 14.99
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures (1874)
CD Republication of the original 1874 Book with Illustrations!
John S. C. Abbott /Bustersoft™CD /Windows Program /Pub.2001
(Click Title to visit our "Old South" CD Collection)
David Crockett: His Life and Adventures FREE!
Complete Book Text in a Space-Saving DOS Program for Most new or old PCs
John Abbott (1874) /BusterBytes™ Computer Program /Pub.1999
100% FREE Download
A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee
David Crockett, Paul A. Hutton (Designer) /Paperback /Pub.1987
MSRP: 12.95
Davey Crockett : His Own Story : A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett of the State of Tennessee
David Crockett /Applewood Paperback /Ages 9-up /Pub.1993
MSRP: 12.95
Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman (Ages 9-12)
Aileen Wells Parks, Justin Pearson (Illus.) /Paperback /Pub.1986
MSRP: 4.99
Davy Crockett: Young Rifleman (Ages 9-12)
Aileen Wells Parks, Justin Pearson (Illus.) /Hardcover /Pub.1999
MSRP: 13.00
A Picture Book of Davy Crockett (Ages 4-8)
David A. Adler, John Wallner (Illustrator) /Paperback /Pub.1998
MSRP: 6.95
A Picture Book of Davy Crockett (Ages 4-8)
David A. Adler, John Wallner (Illus.) /Library Binding /Pub.1996
MSRP: 16.95
Davy Crockett: My Own Story
David Crockett /AudioCassette /Pub.1995
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Fiction depicting the effects of the Battle Of The Alamo on Local Citizens:
Remember the Alamo FREE!
Complete Book Text in a Space-Saving DOS Program for Most new or old PCs
Amelia Barr (1888) /BusterBytes™ Computer Program /Pub.1998
100% FREE Download
Remember the Alamo
Amelia E. Barr /Hardcover /Pub.2002
MSRP: 24.99
Remember the Alamo
Amelia E. Barr /Paperback /Pub.2002
MSRP: 19.99
Recommended Documentaries:
Davy Crockett /Documentary VHS
A & E Biography /VHSTape /Pub.1998
MSRP: 19.95
Andrew Jackson /Documentary VHS
A & E Biography /VHSTape /Pub.1998
MSRP: 19.95
Battle of the Alamo /Documentary VHS
A & E Biography /VHSTape /Pub.1995
MSRP: 14.95
Alabama's WWII History:
The role of Alabama and its citizens in WWII; Alabama's Troop, Aviation (includes the Tuskegee Airmen), ship yards, and chemical warfare training bases and POW camps & more:
Forth to the Mighty Conflict : Alabama and World War II
Allen Cronenberg /Hardcover-Univ. of Alabama Press /Pub.1995
MSRP: 36.75
The City of Montgomery, Alabama even gave its pre-war Airport to the US Army Air Corps. It became Gunter Air Force Base, and until 1969 was the command Base for the 14th Air Force, aka "Flying Tigers." It is still in operation today as a support base.
Montgomery in the Good War : Portrait of a Southern City, 1939-1946
Wesley Phillips Newton /Hardcover-Univ. of Alabama Press /Pub.2000
MSRP: 34.95

Like many States, Alabama had volunteers with the original WWII Flying Tigers in China, and Gunter AFB at Montgomery, Alabama was headquarters for the Flying Tigers (aka 14th Air Force), until "absorbed" into the 1st Air Force in 1969. With only 29 P-40's, The Flying Tigers destroyed 2,000 Japanese supply boats, shot down 2,500 Japanese planes, killed 35,000 Japanese troops and destroyed 1,750,000 tons of Japanese shipping! This movie was made while America was still reeling from Japanese attacks at Pearl Harbor and the Phillipines...
DVDFlying Tigers /DVD B&W (1942)
John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee... /DVDVideo /Pub.2002
MSRP: 14.98
Flying Tigers /VHS B&W
John Wayne... /VHSTape /Pub.1999
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Flying Tigers /VHS Colorized
John Wayne... /VHSTape /Pub.1999
MSRP: 9.98
This John Wayne DVD has 2 films dear to Alabamians:
DVDJohn Wayne Collection /DVD
The Flying Tigers (1942 BW) - Story of the Flying Tigers during WWII:
John Wayne, John Carroll, Anna Lee, Paul Kelly, Gordon Jones (as Alabama Smith)...
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949 BW) Story of old Alabama during the Creek Wars:
John Wayne, Oliver Hardy, Paul Fix, Vera Ralston...
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949 BW) - Story of the batlle of Iwo Jima during WWII:
John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker, RichardJaeckel, Arthur Franz, Julie Bishop...
Rio Grande (1950 BW) - Story of the US Cavalry fighting the Apaches:
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr., Harry Carey Jr., Chill Wills...
In Old California (1942) - A Story of the vigilante days of old California:
John Wayne, Binnie Barnes, Helen Parrish, Edgar Kennedy... /DVD /Pub.2002
MSRP: 44.98
Filmed at Mobile Alabama's Battleship Park, aboard WWII Battleship USS Alabama (BB60) and WWII Submarine USS Drum (SS-228), both permanently berthed at Battleship Park. ["stock-film" at-sea footage is of the USS Missouri]:
(Click here for more about the USS Alabama & USS Drum - please bookmark this page first!)
DVDUnder Siege /DVD (1992)
Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones, Erika Eleniak, Gary Busey /DVDVideo /Pub.2004
MSRP: 14.97
Under Siege /VHS
Seagal, Bridges, Busey... /VHSTape /Pub.2002
MSRP: 9.94
Under Siege /VHS Spanish Ed.
Seagal, Bridges, Busey... /VHSTape /Pub.2002
MSRP: 9.94
This popular Mini-Series was also partially filmed at Mobile Alabama's Battleship Park, aboard WWII Battleship USS Alabama (BB60):
DVDWar and Remembrance - Volume 1 /DVD (1988)
The first half of the epic 30 hour ABC production of Herman Wouk's bestseller
Robert Mitchum, Jane Seymour, Hart Bochner, Victoria Tennant, Polly Bergen,
David Dukes, Michael Woods, Sharon Stone, Robert Morley, Barry Bostwick,
Sami Frey, Topol, John Rhys-Davies, William Schallert... /6 DVDVideos /Pub.2004
MSRP: 129.98
DVDWar and Remembrance - Volume 2 /DVD (1988)
The last half of the epic 30 hour ABC production of Herman Wouk's bestseller
Mitchum, Seymour, Stone, Morley, Bostwick, Schallert... /7 DVDVideos /Pub.2003
MSRP: 129.98
War and Remembrance - Volume 1 /VHS
The first part of the epic 30 hour ABC production of Herman Wouk's bestseller
Mitchum, Seymour, Stone, Morley, Bostwick, Schallert... /7 VHSTapes /Pub.1997
MSRP: 139.98
War and Remembrance - Volume 2 /VHS
The last part of the epic 30 hour ABC production of Herman Wouk's bestseller
Mitchum, Seymour, Stone, Morley, Bostwick, Schallert... /5 VHSTapes /Pub.1997
MSRP: 99.98
The USS Drum, (SS-228), on permanent display at Mobile, was one US WWII Submarine that had a successful war mission in the fabled Bungo Suido. This famous Movie is about a WWII Submarine mission in the "Bungo Straits":
DVDRun Silent, Run Deep /DVD (1958 bw)
Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Don Rickles... /DVDVideo /Pub.2001
MSRP: 14.95
Run Silent, Run Deep /VHS
Gable, Lancaster, Warden, Rickles... /VHSTape /Pub.1995
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Filmed at Ozark Alabama's "Ozark Air Field", a WWII Air Base:
DVDTwelve O'Clock High /DVD (1949) (Academy Award)
Gregory Peck, Gary Merrill, Dean Jagger /DVDVideo /Pub.2002
MSRP: 14.98
Twelve O'Clock High /VHS
Peck, Merrill, Jagger... /VHSTape /Pub.2002
MSRP: 6.98
Twelve O'Clock High /VHS Spanish
Peck, Merrill, Jagger... /VHSSpanish /Pub.2002
MSRP: 6.98
The Tuskegee Airmen, a highly decorated WWII fighter unit, were the only black U.S. Air Combat Group ever commissioned:
DVDThe Tuskegee Airmen /DVD (1996 HBO)
Laurence Fishburne, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Courtney B. Vance, Daniel
Hugh-Kelly, John Lithgow, Cuba Gooding Jr.... /DVDVideo /Pub.2003
MSRP: 19.98
DVDThe Tuskegee Airmen /DVD Widescreen
Fishburne, Warner, Vance, Lithgow, Gooding... /DVDVideo /Pub.2004
MSRP: 14.97
The Tuskegee Airmen /VHS
Fishburne, Warner, Vance, Lithgow, Gooding... /VHSTape /Pub.2000
MSRP: 9.98
Nightfighters: True Story of the Tuskegee Airmen /VHS (1994)
Nightfighters... /VHSTape, Documentary /Pub.2002
MSRP: 7.98
Tuskegee Airmen-American Heroes /VHS (1998)
Ossie Davis... /VHSTape, Documentary /Pub.1998
MSRP: 29.95
Tuskegee Airmen : The Biography of Charles E. McGee, Air Force Fighter Combat Record Holder
Charlene E. McGee Smith, Adolph Caso (Editor) /Hardcover /Pub.1999
MSRP: 24.95
The Tuskegee Airmen Story (ages 9-12)
 Lynn M. Homan, Thomas Reilly, Rosalie M. Shepherd (Ill.) /Hardcover /Pub.2002
MSRP: 15.95
Tuskegee Airmen : American Heroes
 Lynn M. Homan, Thomas Reilly, Rosalie M. Shepherd (Ill.) /Hardcover /Pub.2002
MSRP: 14.95
Tuskegee Airmen
Lynn M. Homan, Thomas Reilly /Paperback /Pub.1998
MSRP: 18.99
Black Knights: The Story of the Tuskegee Airmen
Lynn M. Homan, Thomas Reilly /Hardcover /Pub.2001
MSRP: 23.00
Life In Alabama During The Civil War:
Note: Our New Bustersoft™ "Old South" Collection features nearly 3 dozen Illustrated "near to original" CD Republications of Rare, and Classic Historical Books from before, during, and after the Civil War. Topics and Authors include - Helen Keller, Booker T. Washington, Sidney Lanier, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, the Gray Ghost (Mosby), Raphael Semmes, the C.S.A Cruiser Alabama, Jefferson Davis, Andrew Hamilton Stephens, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Phillip H. Sheridan, John Wilkes Booth, and a wealth of Memoirs by Civilians about Life during the Civil War and Reconstruction, (including some listed on this Page).
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“This book should be read by the children’s children’s children of the South.” —Jefferson Davis, 1888 (23 years after the war):
A Blockaded Family : Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War (1888)
CD Republication of the original 1888 Book, with or without Illustrations!
Parthenia Antoinette Hague /Bustersoft™CD /Windows Program /Pub.2001
(Click Title to visit our "Old South" CD Collection)
A Blockaded Family : Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War
Parthenia Antoinette Hague /Applewood Paperback /Pub.1995
MSRP: 14.95
A Blockaded Family : Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War
Parthenia Antoinette Hague, E. Fox-Genovese (Intro) /Paperback /Pub.1991
MSRP: 7.95
The first successful combat submarine, the CSS Hunley, was built at Mobile, Alabama in 1863.
The Hunley /VHS (1997)
Armand Assante, Donald Sutherland... /VHSTape /Pub.2000
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The Hunley/VHS Spanish Ed.
Assante, Sutherland... /VHSSpanish /Pub.2000
MSRP: 14.95
Raising the Hunley - The Resurrection of a Civil War Legend (2002)
National Geographic /VHSDocumentary /color 60 minutes /Pub.2002
MSRP: 14.95
The Hunley : Submarines, Sacrifice, and Success in the Civil War
Mark K. Ragan /PaperBack /Pub.1999
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The CSS Hunley: The Greatest Undersea Adventure of the Civil War
Richard Bak /Illustrated Hardcover /Pub.1999
MSRP: 29.95
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
Brian Hicks, Schuyler Kropf /PaperBack /Pub.2003
MSRP: 14.95
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
Brian Hicks, Schuyler Kropf /Hardcover LARGE Print /Pub.2002
MSRP: 27.95
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine
Brian Hicks, Schuyler Kropf /Hardcover 1st Edition /Pub.2002
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Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine [Abridged]
Hicks, Kropf, (Narrator) Harry Chase /AudioCD /Pub.2002
MSRP: 34.95
Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine [Abridged]
Hicks, Kropf, (Narrator) Harry Chase /AudioCassette /Pub.2002
MSRP: 29.95
While in the Army at Montgomery, Alabama,  F. Scott Fitzgerald married Zelda Sayre, a Montgomery native and daughter of Alabama Supreme Court Justice Anthony Dickinson Sayre. Although famously well-traveled, the Fitzgeralds alternately lived in Montgomery. Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was a writer in her own right (Their BookShelf is coming soon).
F. Scott Fitzgerald /Documentary VHS
A & E Biography /VHSTape /Pub.2000
MSRP: 14.95
Don't know what this film has to do with Alabama? If not, then you've never heard of Huntsville Alabama's Marshall Space Flight Center, Redstone Arsenal, or Wernher Von Braun ... (cont'd below)
DVDApollo 13 /DVD (1995)
Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris,
Kathleen Quinlan, Jim Lovell (cameo)... /DVDVideo /Pub.1998
MSRP: 19.98
DVDApollo 13 /DTS Stereo /DVD-DTS (1995)
Tom Hanks, Gary Sinise, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris,
Kathleen Quinlan, Jim Lovell (cameo)... /DVDVideo /Pub.1999
MSRP: 19.98
Apollo 13 /VHS Widescreen
Hanks, Sinise, Bacon, Harris, Quinlan... /WidescreenVHSTape /Pub.1997
MSRP: 14.98
Apollo 13 /VHS
Hanks, Sinise, Bacon, Harris, Quinlan... /VHSTape /Pub.2000
MSRP: 9.98
Apollo 13 /VHS Spanish Ed.
Hanks, Sinise, Paxton, Bacon, Harris, Quinlan... /VHSSpanish /Pub.2000
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Really Want To Enjoy Learning About The Entire Apollo Space Program? This 12 Episode Series by Producer, Co-Director, Co-Star and Host TOM HANKS Is For You:
DVDFrom The Earth To The Moon /DVD (1998 HBO) (online Preview)
"As close as you can get without having been there from 1961 through 1972"
Tom Hanks, Sally Field, D.Hugh-Kelly, Jimmy Buffett... /4 DVDCDs /Pub.2000
MSRP: 99.98 (not based on Verne's Book*)
From The Earth To The Moon /VHS (1998) (with Preview)
Hanks, Field, Jimmy Buffett... /6 VHSTapes /Pub.2000
MSRP: 69.98
Thoughts of traveling to the Moon is nothing new-- This Novel was written in 1865:
From The Earth To The Moon FREE!
Complete Book Text in a Space-Saving Program for Most new or old PCs
Jules Verne (1865) /BusterBytes™ Computer Program /Pub.1996
100% FREE Download
And It's Still Available In Print Today:
From The Earth To The Moon
Jules Verne /PaperBack /Pub.1993
MSRP: 5.95
(Hanks and Sinise also played together in Forrest Gump based on Alabamian Winston Groom's Novel, and Sinise played the starring role in the Movie about Alabama Governor George Wallace.)
(Singer & Actor Jimmy Buffett grew up at Mobile, Alabama. Click Here to visit his BookShelf.)
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