Respectable and Disreputable: Leisure Time in Antebellum Montgomery

by Jeffrey C Benton and Jeffrey C. Benton

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Respectable and Disreputable describes how Montgomerians spent their increasing leisure time during the four decades preceding the Civil War. Everyday activities included gambling, drinking, sporting, hunting, and voluntary associations--military, literary, self-improvement, fraternal, and civic. The book also includes seasonal activities--religious and national holidays, fairs, balls, horse racing, and summering at mineral springs. Commercial...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1603062297

ISBN13:9781603062299

Release Date:July 2013

Publisher:NewSouth Books

Length:142 Pages

Weight:0.48 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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