Tennessee, a Bicentennial History
Author: Wilma Dykeman
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780393055559
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Wilma Dykeman
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780393055559
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Anne Klebenow
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780964221963
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book, published in commemoration of Tennessee's two hundred years of statehood, brings together two hundred stories about the influential figures, both the famous and the not so famous, who have marched across the state's history. This project began in 1986 when then-Governor Lamar Alexander asked Alex Haley, the celebrated author of Roots, to produce a special volume for the state bicentennial at the University of Tennessee. Although Haley died while the work was in progress, the now completed book reflects his love of the human-interest story as an effective way of capturing the drama and wonder of history. Ranging from the frontier era through the late twentieth century and covering all parts of the state, 200 Years through 200 Stories brings to life a host of colorful figures: Nancy Ward (Nan-ye-i), the "Beloved Woman of the Cherokee" who sought to promote harmony between her people and the early white settlers; Davy Crockett, the legendary frontiersman and political hero; Confederate Captain Spencer Talley, a participant in the bloody fighting at Stones River; Hanson Caruthers, a black slave who donned the Union blue and fought for his freedom; Estes Kefauver, the maverick U.S. senator who took on corporations, organized crime, and even President Truman; and Alex Stewart, a master Appalachian craftsman whose marvelous skills won him the Heritage Fellowship Award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Their stories and those of the many others who fill this volume enable the reader to grasp the larger historical developments -- settlement and statehood, Civil War and Reconstruction, the rise of industry and technology -- that have shaped Tennessee's history and the livesof its people. In addition to the two hundred stories focusing on individuals, the book includes several overview essays that summarize pivotal events during the key phases of the state's history. The result is a book that will delight anyone who loves Tennessee and its rich and varied heritage.
Author: Pellissippi Genealogical and Historical Society (Clinton, Tenn.)
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 469
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: James A. Crutchfield
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9781577361473
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →To encourage industry and promote city expansion in the 1920s, the Franklin Kiwanis Club proclaimed its city Tennessee's Handsomest Town. As this fashionable moniker suggests, the city of Franklin, Tennessee, was and still is justifiably proud of its award-winning Main Street, picturesque rolling hills, and stately antebellum mansions. But the real history of Franklin and its people encompasses much more. Prehistoric mastodon hunters. Native American villages. Civil War battles. Floods. Urban sprawl. Political squabbles. Industrialization. And historic preservation.
Author: Kem G. Hinton
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781577360285
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Though most Tennesseans first heard of the Tennessee Bicentennial Capitol Mall during the year of its celebration, the path of its creation is almost as old as the state itself. From details of the first settlement on the site of the Mall to descriptions of items still to come, Kem Hinton tells the story of this vital Nashville area through historical pictures and commentary.
Author: Tennessee. American Revolution Bicentennial Commission
Publisher:
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 1
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Washington County Historical Association (Tenn.)
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 1290
ISBN-13: 9781570722028
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A bicentennial project, this chronicle will provide readers an overview of the long and often colorful past of Tennessee’s oldest county. In addition to numerous photographs, this comprehensive county history includes information on dozens of communities, religious denominations, clubs and organizations, museums, visitor centers and recreational sites, and more than 100 notable people.
Author: Robert Ewing Corlew
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 660
ISBN-13: 9780870496479
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A general survey of Tennessee history from the earliest settlements to the present.
Author: Rick S. Gregory
Publisher:
Published: 2020-03-14
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780578650708
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A 200 year history of the City of Springfield, Robertson County, Tennessee. Written by Dr. Rick Gregory, who holds a PHD in History from Vanderbilt University. Co-authored by Yolanda Reid, who has served as Robertson County Historian since 1989. Hard cover, fully indexed, with old and new photographs.