Jackson County Kennamer Summary

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John Robert Kennamer, the author of this book, is telling the history of Jackson County, Alabama by conveying all the historical events that happened. I really like the writing style of John Kennamer, he has a way with words to help the reader really get immersed into Jackson County’s rich history, He goes into great detail of how life was back then in Alabama. This book has information of the history of Jackson County for anyone that wants to learn the unique way of life Jackson County had for the people and animals that lived there. There is information about the Indians that lived there, the early pioneers, how the county was settled, and how life was in the early days. The author, John Kennamer. Has been collecting for this work for twelve years, besides reading many histories and searching newspaper files and cemetery records. He got most of his research from sources that he …show more content…

How I can tell it’s subjective is because he goes into exact detail of the subject he is talking about like when he talks about the rivers in Jackson County he doesn’t talk about the beauty of it, he talks about how they were used as transportation. There is some parts that are objective like when he is describing what the Indians that lived in Jackson County looked like “They were of a reddish or cinnamon brown complexion. The men were rather tall, well-muscled, of an athletic build, stood erect and moved gracefully; and were often proud or arrogant while in war or the chase. The women were smaller and for the most part, handsome.” but I believe that he was only going by what the books he studied