A.B. Meek

Alexander Beaufort Meek (July 17, 1814 (Columbia, South Carolina) – November 30, 1865 (Columbus, Mississippi) was an American poet, prose writer, politician, lawyer, and chess player. He served as Alabama's Attorney General in 1836.

Poetry

 * The Red Eagle. A poem of the South. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1855.
 * Montgomery, AL: Paragon Press, 1914.

Non-fiction

 * Americanism in literature. An oration before the Phi Kappa and Demosthenian societies of the University of Georgia, at Athens, August 8, 1844. Charleston, SC: Burges and James, 1844.
 * A digest of the laws of the state of Alabama (with John Gaston Aikin). 2nd edition. Tuscaloosa, AL: D. Woodruff, 1836.
 * Romantic passages in southwestern history; including orations, sketches and essays. New York & Mobile, AL: S.H. Goetzel & Co., 1857.
 * Spartanburg, S.C. : Reprint Co., 1975.
 * The South West: Its history, character, and prospects, Tuscaloosa, AL: C.B. Baldwin, 1840

Edited

 * Songs and poems of the South. New York & Mobile, AL: S.H. Goetzel & Co., 1857.