Eddie B RozelleAUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY: Eddie B.Rozelle was born in 1890 in Clay County, Alabama. He was the eldest of four children and grew up helping his father on the family farm in the Hatchett Creek community. As a young man he tught in a one-room schoolhouse for several years. Later he joined the United States Postal Service, eventually becoming a rural mail carrier. He continued in this capacity until his retirement, after which he began a project of which he had dreamed and planned for quite a long time. He wrote and published Recollections: My Folks and Fields. Subsequently he wrote Gentleman Drummer, a novel set in the same time period. He and his wife, Mary Patillo Rozelle, had five children and lived for many years in Talladega, Alabama. He died in 1981.

EDITOR'S BIOGRAPHY: Rebecca Rozelle Burt was the fifth of five children born to Eddie and Mary Rozelle. For many years she was a teacher. After her retirement from the Jacksonville State University English faculty, she has written and published two books. She and her husband reside in Anniston, Alabama. Read More Read Less