(paperback) Harvey Jackson III, an Alabamian by birth, taught in Florida and Georgia before returning to Jacksonville State University where he's currently Professor and Chair of the History and Foreign Languages. Like many people who've left a state, he found himself having to explain the politics, culture, and folklore to clarify Alabama's history to his students and colleagues. Inside Alabama is a "subjective approach" to the state's history. Jackson deliberately, determinedly, and unapologetically took a conversational style while writing "a personal history of my state."