"In this deeply researched and engagingly written book, Troy University-Dothan historian Martin T. Olliff examines the myriad obstacles encountered by good roads advocates as they sought, in his words, to pull Alabamians out of the mud."
-Alabama Review
"Olliff weaves a unique combination of history, sociology, political science, and economics to create a three-dimensional fabric."
-David O. Whitten, author of Andrew Durnford: A Black Sugar Planter in the Antebellum South and coauthor of The Birth of Big Business in the United States, 1860-1914: Commercial, Extractive, and Industrial Enterprise
" . . . Getting Out of the Mud is an important case study that enhances our understanding of progressive reform in the South."
-American Historical Review
"Getting Out of the Mud is an interesting and insightful study of the path Alabamians took to modern highway construction and management."
-Matthew Downs, author of Transforming the South: Federal Development in the Tennessee Valley, 1915-1960