Makers and Romance
of
Alabama History

Embracing Sketches of the Men Who Have Been Largely Instrumental in Shaping the Policies and in Molding the Conditions in the Rapid Growth of Alabama—Together With the Thrilling and Romantic Scenes With Which Our History is Resplendent

By
B. F. RILEY, D.D., LL.D.

Author of the History of Conecuh County; Alabama, As It Is;
History of the Baptists of Alabama; History of the Baptists
of the Southern States East of the Mississippi;
History of the Baptists of Texas, and The White
Man’s Burden; Ex-President of Howard College,
and sometime Professor of English
Literature and Oratory in the University
of Georgia.

“History is neither more nor less than biography on a large scale.”—Lamartine.

“All history is but a romance, unless it is studied as an example.”—Croly.

“Biography is the only true history.”—Carlyle.