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What: BIHF Fall 2004 Meeting Where: SPARKMAN CIVIC CENTER, 406 Nanceford Road, Hartselle, AL 35640 Program: We are very honored to have a presentation featuring Martha Hunt Huie on her late husband, William Bradford Huie. Mr. Huie was born in Hartselle in 1910, the son of John Bradford "Brad" Huie and Margaret Lois Brindley. He became one of this century's most prominent and controversial writers. Mr. Huie's first novel, Mud on the Stars, dealt with coming-of-age in Alabama before the Second World War. Through his long career, Huie wrote 21 books that sold more than 28 million copies. Some of his books include The Revolt of Mamie Stover, The Americanization of Emily, The Hero of Iwo Jima, Hotel Mamie Stover, In the Hours of the Night, The Fight for Air Power, Can Do!: The Story of the Seabees, The Execution of Private Slovik, The Hiroshima Pilot, Three Lives for Mississippi, He Slew the Dreamer, and To Live and Die in Dixie. Several of his books have been made into films and television movies. His story of the only American serviceman to be executed for cowardice and desertion in WWII, The Execution of Private Slovik, was the most-watched television movie ever when it aired in 1975. Direction: On I-65, between Decatur and Cullman, take the Hwy 36 exit at Hartselle. Go west on Hwy 36 through downtown Hartselle. Take a left on Hwy 31, going south. Go about two miles and the civic center will be on the right. The civic center is located on the corner of Highway 31 & Nanceford Road. It is a large brick building & recreation facility. |
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