{"product_id":"abandoned-coastal-defenses-of-alabama-9781634992831","title":"Abandoned Coastal Defenses of Alabama","description":"\u003cp\u003eAbandoned Coastal Defenses of Alabama is a down-and-dirty guided tour through Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines, the retired guardians of Alabama's Gulf Coast. For nearly 200 years, these hauntingly beautiful Third System forts have stood stubbornly between the Yellowhammer State and a sometimes hostile world beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePairing stunning original photography and vibrant prose, urban explorer Thomas Kenning recounts a blow-by-blow history of Forts Morgan and Gaines. His sensitive camera work documents the grandeur and decline wrought by the passage of time, as well as the lasting damage sustained during the pitched Battle of Mobile Bay--one of the most iconic battles in U.S. naval history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThreatened by a rising sea, disintegrating under the weight of centuries, Forts Morgan and Gaines have been named one of the nation's ten most endangered battle sites by the American Battlefield Trust. \u003ci\u003eAbandoned Coastal Defenses of Alabama\u003c\/i\u003e offers an arresting snapshot of this waning moment in American history--documentary evidence of a rich past slipping inexorably into ruin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e America Through Time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/25\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781634992831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.50w x 0.31d","brand":"Thomas Kenning","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38027809128629,"sku":"9781634992831","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_658d61a4-16c4-402e-95b7-d23f73478ecf.jpg?v=1609193851","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/abandoned-coastal-defenses-of-alabama-9781634992831","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}