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Informationen zum Autor Wayne Flynt is a Distinguished University Professor of History at Auburn University and author or coauthor of eleven books, including Alabama in the Twentieth Century; Alabama Baptists: Southern Baptists in the Heart of Dixie; Poor But Proud: Alabama's Poor Whites; Alabama: The History of a Deep South State; and Taking Christianity to China: Alabama Missionaries in the Middle Kingdom, 1850-1950. He has been recognized with numerous awards and honors, including the Lillian Smith Book Award, the Clarence Cason Award in Nonfiction Writing, the James F. Sulzby Book Award (twice), and the Alabama Library Association Award for nonfiction (twice). Klappentext Wayne Flynt tells the story of his life and his courageous battles against an indifferent or hostile power structure with modesty but always with honesty. In doing so he tells us the story of how Alabama institutions really are manipulated! and why we should care. Zusammenfassung This historical memoir by the widely recognised scholar! Wayne Flynt! chronicles the inner workings of his academic career at Samford and Auburn Universities! as well as his many contributions to the general history of Alabama. Keeping the Faith tells the story of his life and his courageous battles against an indifferent or hostile hierarchy with modesty and honesty.
