Alias Simon Suggs: The Life and Times of Johnson Jones Hooper

About the author

Author, educator, and librarian William S. Hoole (1903-1990) dedicated his life to libraries and education. Trained as an educator, Hoole soon found himself in the role of librarian at The University of Alabama and oversaw widespread improvements in its library system. In addition, he was a founding member of the Alabama Historical Association and editor of its journal, The Alabama Review, from 1948 to 1967.

During the course of his career, Hoole produced more than 50 books, more than 100 articles, and hundreds of book reviews in more than 20 scholarly and professional journals and popular magazines.

Summary

Simon Suggs is the shifty man whose antics had been recorded in many a gusty tale of Alabama frontier life which had drawn laughter and applause from newspaper readers throughout the United States. This is the biography of Suggs, and his alter ego.

Product details

• Authors: W. Stanley Hoole, William Stanley Hoole
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Behalf of Univ of Alabama
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2006
• EAN: 9780817353629
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5362-9
• No. of pages: 306
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 215 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: Library of Alabama Classics; Library of Alabama Classics Series; Library of Alabama Classics; Library Alabama Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies