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 CURRENT
BOOKS
ROCKET CITY ROCK
& SOUL-Jane DeNeffe-new book coming out in November-details
coming soon!
 HIDDEN
HISTORY OF AUBURN -Kelly Kazek
Kelly
Kazek, managing editor of The News Courier in Athens, Ala., recently
announced the release of her sixth book, “Hidden History of Auburn.”
(The History Press, $19.99). Kazek, who graduated from Auburn in 1987
and has a daughter attending this fall, gathered stories from the
history of the community and the university in a one-of-a-kind
collection. She interviewed alumnae such as astronaut Jan Davis,
journalist Rheta Grimsley Johnson, entertainers Toni Tennille, Bobby
Goldsboro and Taylor Hicks, former coach Pat Dye and many more. The book
also includes a section on landmarks such as Sani-Freeze, the Kopper
Kettle, Toomer’s Drugs and the iconic Samford Hall. Copies will be
available July 25 at booksellers across the state and at amazon.com.
Signed copies are available by calling 256-348-1348.
Kazek also is the author of “A History of Alabama’s Deadliest Tornadoes:
Disaster in Dixie,” “Forgotten Tales of Alabama,” “Forgotten Tales of
Tennessee,” “Images of American: Athens and Limestone County,” and a
collection of columns called “Fairly Off Mother: Musings of a Slightly
Off Southern Mom.”
Her book “Christmas Tales of Alabama” will be out in November.
 BESIDE
THE TROUBLED WATERS: A Black Doctor Remembers Life, Medicine, and Civil
Rights in an Alabama Town-Sonnie Wellington Hereford III and Jack Ellis
Beside the Troubled Waters is a
memoir by an African American physician in Alabama whose
story in many ways typifies the lives and careers of black
doctors in the south during the segregationist era while
also illustrating the diversity of the black experience in
the medical profession. (His son was the first black
Alabama child to attend traditionally "white" schools on
September 9, 1963 in Huntsville-in picture)
currently on Amazon.com coming to a
bookstore near you! (hardback)
 SHOCKLEY'S
PANCAKE HOUSE COOKBOOK -The Shockleys
Underage
WWII and Korean War Veteran, Founder and CEO of Shockley’s Pancake House, Paul
W. Shockley and his daughter, Karen Shockley Cooper write cookbook of family
business, “Shockley’s Pancake House Cookbook”. This is a beautiful 273 page
cookbook of finest restaurant recipes and story of how Paul W. Shockley entered
into the restaurant business after getting out of the service and then opening
his own restaurants. Lots of original pictures and history! If you would like
a copy of “Shockley’s Pancake House Cookbook”, please send $24.95 (includes
shipping/handling/taxes) to:
Karen
Shockley Cooper 2701
Mall Drive, PMB 256
Florence, AL 35630
"SHOCKLEY'S PANCAKE HOUSE" FRANCHISES ARE AVAILABLE.
 GROWING
UP IN THE "ROCKET CITY" -Tommy Towery
Growing up in Huntsville in the
1950's/1960's
as Huntsville saw tremendous change during the cold war. Tommy was editor of Lee
High School's newspaper as has an unique perspective of the city from this
generation of kids who moved on all over the world. Many excellent pictures and
recollections from the era!
Rocket City: click on book for order info. Also at Shaver’s at the Railroad Antique Mall
 ATHENS
AND LIMESTONE COUNTY -Kelly Kazek
“Images of America: Athens and Limestone County” is a pictorial history of this
bedroom community to Huntsville. It contains 180 photos that capture its
important people, significant places, pivotal events and everyday life.
The books are available at Books-A-Million, Barnes and Noble, local booksellers
and area museums.
Athens and Limestone County were founded in 1818, the year before Alabama became
a state, making Athens one of its oldest cities. The quaint, picturesque
downtown square in Athens, the county seat, is the heart of the community.
Athens and Limestone County are studies in the ongoing tug-of-war between
tradition and progress. Athens is traditionally a railroad and cotton town —
once ranking among the state's largest cotton producers — but since the
aerospace boom of the 1960s, it has increasingly entered the orbit of the
technology center of nearby Huntsville, home of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center
and Redstone Arsenal. These days, Athens is home to many manufacturing firms,
and local civic groups are focused on revitalizing downtown and bringing
tourists to Limestone County.
Author Bio: Kelly Kazek is editor of the News Courier, the only daily newspaper
in Athens and Limestone County. She has researched and written about the history
of these communities for most of her 24-year career in journalism. She holds a
bachelor of arts degree in English from Auburn University. She has received more
than 120 national and state press awards, including many for her weekly humor
columns, which were collected in the 2009 book “Fairly Odd Mother: Musings of a
Slightly Off Southern Mom.” She also wrote “A History of Alabama’s Deadliest
Tornadoes: Disaster in Dixie” and “Forgotten Tales of Alabama,”
 ALABAMA'S
DEADLIEST TORNADOES -Kelly Kazek
“A
History of Alabama‘s Deadliest Tornadoes: Disaster in Dixie,” The History Press,
$12.99, available at most booksellers
Journey just west of America's infamous Tornado Alley to Alabama, home to some
of the deadliest tornadoes of the past century. These twisters remain etched in
the collective memory of the people, from the 1908 Dixie tornado, regarded as
one of the most brutal tornadoes in U.S. history, to the 1998 Birmingham
tornado, the most expensive twister in Alabama's history. Discover how the 1932
Deep South Tornadoes resulted in 268 fatalities and millions of dollars in
damage, and read the terrifying account of the 1977 Smithfield Tornadoes, which
rocked this Birmingham suburb with as many as six twisters in a one-hour span.
Join local journalist Kelly Kazek as she shares the tales of these natural
disasters and the hardy Alabamians who endured them.
 FORGOTTEN
TALES OF ALABAMA -Kelly Kazek
“Forgotten
Tales of Alabama,” The History Press, $12.99, available at most booksellers
From Muscle Shoals to Montgomery to Mobile, there's just no place quite like
Alabama. Take a journey off the beaten path through the Cotton State with author
Kelly Kazek as she uncovers the stories that make Alabama one of a kind. Kazek,
a longtime Alabama resident, unearths tales that have existed only in rumor,
anecdote, legend and lore. This collection is packed with little-known stories
of strange sites, like the world's largest Nehi bottle; curious critters, like
the first monkey in space; and colorful characters, such as the outlaw Tom
Clark. Whether funny, far-fetched, gripping or grisly, Forgotten Tales of
Alabama is filled with stories you won't soon forget.
Please contact webmaster about more additions into the Huntsville
Rewound Book Club.
It has to be of interest to a portion on the Huntsville AL DMA
for submission.
No apologies to Oprah for the use of the term "Book Club" as
"Book Club" is a generic term referring to a club about books.
The "No Phone Zone" is not associated with this book club, but
please use a headset for your safety.
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