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Q&A: Mike Bunn, Historian and Author


How did you choose the years to examine in your new book, Early Alabama: An Illustrated Guide to the Formative Years, 1798–1826? “Prior to statehood, the Mississippi Territory grew to eventually divide both Mississippi, which became a state in 1817, and Alabama, which became one a couple of years later in 1819.  Both states trace their origins to the original formation of the Mississippi...