{"product_id":"the-flush-times-of-alabama-joseph-g-baldwin-9780807114117","title":"The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi: A Series of Sketches by Joseph G. Baldwin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in 1853, consists of twenty-six sketches and satires drawn from Joseph G. Baldwin's experiences as an attorney on the turbulent Mississippi and Alabama frontiers in the 1830s and 1840s. Like experiences, attempted to depict a lawless and colorful era in American history. Originally from Virginia, the author paints vivid and authentic portraits of shifty lawyers, unlettered judges, and inept prosecutors, as well as serious profiles of respected colleagues such as Seargent S. Prentiss. Even the narrator, we learn, is granted a license to practice law by a circuit judge who asks him \"not a single legal question.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of the collection's most memorable characters is Ovid Bolus, whom Baldwin describes as a \"natural liar, just as some horses are natural pacers, and some dogs natural setters.\" His adventures reflect Baldwin's fascination with the meaning of the law and the legal profession under the conditions that existed on the American frontier. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames H. Justus' introduction places this new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e in its historical literary context. According to Justus, Augustus Baldwin Longstreet's \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Scenes\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1835, is the volume credited as the first to exploit the southern backwoods In the vernacular realism we now call the humor of the Old Southwest. Justus also notes that in the preface to his book, Baldwin indirectly acknowledges his familiarity with earlier writers, and one sketch, \"Simon Suggs, JR.,\" specifically pays homage to Johnson Jones Hooper. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi\u003c\/i\u003e possesses enormous value for both literary scholars and historians. It remains a classic, not simply because it is sprightly social history, but because it is also an engrossing memoir by a man of uncommon subtlety of mind who projected his own sensibility into the record.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph G. Baldwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807114111\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807114117\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.14w x 1.00d","brand":"Joseph G. Baldwin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45898902241535,"sku":"9780807114117","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a94bc64c-54ce-4ebb-9836-2b2d61eab7b1.jpg?v=1721377390","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-flush-times-of-alabama-joseph-g-baldwin-9780807114117","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}