Alabama Stories

Alabama Stories is the life of William "Billy" Johnson, a native Alabamian, told in a series of short stories over the course of 50 years.

In Prejudice, Billy meets a negro for the first time as a five-year-old and wonders why his father treats the man so differently from white men.

In Boone, Billy is an eight-year-old. He befriends an aging farmer in the backwoods of north Alabama, a man who has a psychotic love for his invalid wife.

In A Virtuous Woman, Billy is a witness to a vicious famil...