{"product_id":"1891-appleton-edition-of-sketches-of-the-flush-times-of-alabama-illustrated-antebellum-southern-humor-and-frontier-life","title":"1891 Appleton edition of Sketches of the Flush Times of Alabama, illustrated antebellum Southern humor and frontier life.","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"434\"\u003eillustrated 1891 edition of \u003cem data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"214\"\u003eSketches of the Flush Times of Alabama\u003c\/em\u003e by Joseph G. Baldwin, published by D. Appleton \u0026amp; Co., New York, 1858. A classic work of Southern frontier humor, offering vivid, often satirical accounts of life in Alabama and Mississippi during the early 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"436\" data-end=\"703\"\u003eBaldwin’s sketches capture the personalities, legal culture, and social atmosphere of the “flush times” period—when rapid economic growth and speculation shaped the developing South. The work remains an important and entertaining window into antebellum Southern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"705\" data-end=\"883\"\u003eBound in original cloth with wear consistent with age, including edge wear and fading. Interior is complete with illustrations present and typical foxing. Binding remains intact. This copy also includes inscriptions from 1989 inside the front and back panels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"885\" data-end=\"1037\"\u003eA desirable early American edition with strong regional interest, appealing to collectors of Southern literature, Americana, and pre-Civil War material.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Hidden South ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52874279256364,"sku":"210000015697","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/3684\/3052\/files\/gxcmwcqw7jwjdway9wh6.jpg?v=1776452936","url":"https:\/\/thehiddensouth.com\/products\/1891-appleton-edition-of-sketches-of-the-flush-times-of-alabama-illustrated-antebellum-southern-humor-and-frontier-life","provider":"The Hidden South ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}