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.

A Long Path: The Search For A Tennessee Bicentennial Landmark

History

Hinton, Kem G.

Americas

Hillsboro Pr

When Paul Shields Crane moved to North Carolina, he had an ambitious plan to visit every county. Armed with his camera, and using courthouses as a focal point, Crane developed a county-by-county tour of the state. The result, North Carolina Taproots, is a pictorial presentation of the state's hundred courthouses. The rich history of North Carolina is reflected in Crane's narrative, with a focus on historical information and current statistics. Thorough research into county names reveals the abiding influence of heroes of the Revolutionary War. Seventy-four of the one hundred courthouses are on the National Register of Historic Places, and each full-color photo reflects the artistic and cultural influences of the area.

North Carolina Taproots: Courthouses Of North Carolina

Crane, Paul Shields

This book traces the history of beautiful Williamson County, Tennessee by means of a guidebook to its 160 historical markers--a history that encompasses the ebbs and flows of the rural South--including prehistoric Indian mounds, antebellum mansions and humble homesteads, churches once frequented by circuit riders, slave cabins, Civil War battle sites, springs with purported curative powers, and long-gone communities and businesses. Area maps make this self-guided tour easy to follow. Each entry contains complete site marker information, and the book is fully illustrated wtih historic photographs.

Historical Markers Of Williamson County, Tennessee: A Pictorial Guide

Warwick, Rick

In a sleepy north Georgia mountain village in 1910, a man is hanged for a crime he did not commit. Fifteen years later Alyn Russell returns to the mountain on which he was reared. Thus begins It Happened on Kendell Mountain, the first novel in the Kendell Mountain Trilogy, a novel brimming with intrigue, mystery, and romance and full of interesting characters whose lives intertwine to form this vivid tale of injustice and tragedy and the ultimate triumph of love and hope.

It Happened On Kendell Mountain (The Kendell Mountain Trilogy)

Literature & Fiction

King, Marian Denman

Contemporary

Madison Station is a detailed account of one area’s transformation from a bison trail to a beloved community of more than sixty-five thousand people. Benefited by historic records, maps, and drawings, Bockmon explores the rich heritage of Madison, Tennessee—a place dramatically affected by the L&amp;N Railroad, World War I, and the policies of Franklin D. Roosevelt—retelling local stories of Fort Union, the Spring Hill Meetinghouse, Davidson Academy, and Andrew Jackson’s bride, a Madison resident.

Madison Station

Bockmon, Guy Alan

In this book Ridley Wills II presents a delightfully intimate look at more than two hundred years of life at home for Tennessee's Governors and their families, beginning with life in the log cabin of the state's first Governor, John Sevier, and concluding with daily life at the Nashville Executive Residence for Tennessee's current Governor Don Sundquist and his family. Tennessee's First Lady Martha Sundquist has written the Foreword for this beautiful, full-color, 8 1/2" x 10" gift or coffee-table book, which includes color full-page photos of the Executive Residence and many historic photos of the homes, families, and famous guests of Tennessee's First Families.

Tennessee Governors At Home: Executive Residences Of Tennessee's First Families

Biographies & Memoirs

Wills, Ridley, II

Historical

The body of a professor lies sprawled on the stairs in the chemistry building of normally tranquil Mellon University. At first the death appears to be from a simple heart attack. But then Eric Berg, a theology professor and former military police officer who helps the campus police, is called into the case. Berg's investigation reveals a rushed cremation, an all-too-calm widow, and one lone piece of evidence - a labcoat worn by the victim. He also discovers his attraction to the young female detective he works with, and a dangerous web of temptation, falsehood, injustice, and overwhelming ambition.

The Labcoat (An Eric Berg Mystery)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Soderquist, Larry D.

Mystery

Five Seconds to Air: Broadcast Journalism Behind the Scenes

Losure, Bob

Tennessee -- A Political History is a richly detailed history of the political events and personalities that have shaped the Volunteer State. It examines the divergent evolution of politics in Tennessee's three geographical divisions -- East, Middle, and West -- in an easily accessible style.Arranged chronologically, the book focuses on Tennessee's campaigns and elections, and the politicians who lived them: the state's three presidents -- Andrew Jackson, James Knox Polk, and Andrew Johnson -- and the legendary figures who have become integral to the country's folklore, such as David Crockett, Sam Houston, and Sgt. Alvin York. Also included are the lesser known but equally colorful personalities who make politics so fascinating and unpredictable.

Tennessee: A Political History

Langsdon, Phillip

Separate Fountains by Patti Wilson Byars 
Early rumblings of the Civil Rights Movement shook many towns across the South in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and in Separate Fountains, author Patti Wilson Byars shows that her hometown of Jonesboro, Georgia was not excluded. Jonesboro reflected the typical sleepy, little Southern town of that era - where bigotry, along with the magnolias, was in full bloom.
Georgia's red clay roads led into Jonesboro where soda fountains enticed children out of the hot sun. But, that same red clay also stained neighbors' shoes that stuck out from underneath white robes. The dichotomy of the ideal and the unjust could be found in picturesque Jonesboro-- as it could in most any other Southern town. 
In Separate Fountains, twelve year old Katie Jane Taylor questions the social issues of the south of the 1940s and 1950s as her beloved black housekeeper, Ardella, has to drink from a water fountain marked "COLORED" and has to ride behind the white line on the Greyhound bus to Atlanta. Katie Jane also challenges her father to stand up against the Ku Klux Klan and how they control the political and social climate of the town. One day while in the drugstore, Katie Jane and her six year old brother, Josh, eavesdrop on a conversation between Ku Klux Klan members and learn that Ardella's brother is the Klan's next victim.
Separate Fountains is history not found in textbooks. It's history every American citizen needs to know -- as our nation continues to fight against racial and ethnic discrimination. Separate Fountains stresses tolerance for others -- no matter race or creed.

Separate Fountains

Byars, Patti Wilson

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