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Catalogue—Tennessee Titles

The History Press publishes high-quality history and heritage titles with a strong regional base. Our books help to revive and preserve the past in various regions throughout the United States, and we strive to make these histories accessible and available to a wide audience.

 

A Cades Cove Childhood
Margaret McCaulley
J.C. McCaulley
 The remote Smoky Mountain community of Cades Cove still lives in the memory of J.C. McCaulley, one of the few remaining former residents, who offers an exclusive glimpse into a childhood in the Cove. His stories, compiled by his wife Margaret, are a testament to a way of life long abandoned—a life before automobiles, television and perhaps too much exposure to the outside world; a life of hard work and caring for your neighbors.

978-1-59629-556-8
96 pp.
$17.99
Over 40 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
August 2008
A Guide to Historic Nashville, Tennessee
James A. Hoobler

 Written by accomplished historian James Hoobler, senior curator of art and architecture at the Tennessee State Museum and former executive director of the Tennessee Historical Society, this book offers extraordinary insight into Nashville's heritage. Carefully researched and exceptionally written, it is a wonderful companion, both for visitors and for Nashville residents who want to see their hometown in a new light.

978-1-59629-404-2
168 pp.
$19.99
Over 230 Black & White Photographs

Publication Date:
May 2008
African Americans of Chattanooga: A History of Unsung Heroes
Rita L. Hubbard

 Beginning in 1541 with Hernando de Soto's Spanish expedition in search of gold, African Americans have held a prominent place in Chattanooga's history. Author Rita Hubbard chronicles the ways African Americans have shaped Chattanooga, and presents inspirational achievements that have gone largely unheralded over the years.

978-1-59629-315-1
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 100 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
December 2007
Beale Street: Resurrecting the Home of the Blues
John A. Elkington

 From the transcendent sounds of W.C. Handy to the rubble of crumbling buildings and a miraculous rebirth, Beale Street has undergone many incarnations. In this remarkable firsthand account, author John Elkington takes readers on an incredible journey of revitalization that few believed possible when he embarked upon the task in the early 1980s.

978-1-59629-492-9
128 pp.
$25.99
Over 45 Black & White Photographs

Publication Date:
September 2008
Black Fire: Portrait of a Black Memphis Firefighter
Robert J. Crawford Sr.
Delores A. Crawford
 Robert J. Crawford was one of twelve black firefighters hired by the City of Memphis in the mid-1970s, amid racial turmoil and pressures of integration. His focus and ambition set him apart from the beginning. Black Fire is a vivid, often emotional account of a turbulent decade and one man’s brave ambition to serve and succeed as a firefighter.

978-1-59629-328-1
160 pp.
$19.99
Over 45 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
September 2007
Cocke County, Tennessee: Pages from the Past
Edward R. Walker III

 Author and county historian Eddie Walker has long chronicled the history of beautiful Cocke County, tucked away in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Published together for the first time, this collection of favorite Walker articles which first appeared in the Newport Plain Talk from 1996 to 2001 offers an intimate look at a picturesque East Tennessee community.

978-1-59629-398-4
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 30 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
November 2007
Haunted Kingsport: Ghosts of Tri-City Tennessee
Pete Dykes

 Join Pete Dykes, editor of Kingsport’s Daily News, as he offers up a collection of spooky local stories and legends from centuries past, including such spine-chilling accounts as the foreboding ghost of Netherland Inn Road, spectral disturbances at the Rotherwood Mansion, devilish felines and ruthless poltergeists in Caney Creek Falls.

978-1-59629-494-3
96 pp.
$16.99
Over 20 Black & White Photographs

Publication Date:
November 2008
Hidden History of Chattanooga
Alexandra Walker Clark

 Absorb the city’s rich ethnic diversity, travel down to the hallowed battlefields of Chickamauga and Fort Oglethorpe and grasp the compelling legacy of the Cherokee. This and so much more lies ahead in Hidden History of Chattanooga.

978-1-59629-473-8
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 30 Black & White Photographs

Publication Date:
September 2008
Memphis Murder & Mayhem
Teresa R. Simpson

 Lurking behind the barbeque and blue suede shoes, Memphihs hides a dark history checkered with violence and disarray. Revisit the mass murder of 1866 that took more than fifty lives, the infamous Alice Mitchell case of the 1890s and a string of unthinkable twentieth-century sins.

978-1-59629-521-6
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 20 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
August 2008
Nashville Ghosts and Legends
Ken Traylor
Delas M. House Jr.
 Nashville is one of the South’s truly haunted cities. Authors Ken Traylor and Delas House Jr. use their years of experience as ghost tour guides and owners of Haunted Ghost Tours of America to steer readers on a journey through Nashville’s eeriest sites.

978-1-59629-324-3
96 pp.
$19.99
Over 15 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
October 2007
Remembering Johnson City
Bob L. Cox

 In this collection of history gems, Johnson City Press “Yesteryear” columnist Bob Cox expertly combs through the past to uncover stories of rampaging elephants and the fiddling Taylor brothers, the five railroads and the Soldiers’ Home, the Civil War and westward expansion.

978-1-59629-483-7
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 30 Black & White Photographs

Publication Date:
September 2008
The Hidden History of East Tennessee
Joe Guy

 From Chattanooga up to Knoxville, and every town and holler in between, Guy recounts the absorbing and oft-forgotten history of this great region with stories of revenuers, Overmountain Men, Confederate cavalry girls, and the lost tribe of the Hiwassee, just to name a few.

978-1-59629-510-0
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 40 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
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The Hidden History of McMinn County: Tales from Eastern Tennessee
Joe Guy

 Amid the serenity of McMinn County, in southeast Tennessee, lies a history that has long lain hidden in old newspaper stories, county records and the memories of McMinn’s most venerable citizens. The Hidden History of McMinn County is the first-ever collection of articles from the popular regional newspaper column of historian Joe Guy.

978-1-59629-349-6
128 pp.
$19.99
Over 40 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
October 2007
True Tales of Tipton, Tennessee
Galyon Neil Beasley

 Located just north of the bustling metropolis of Memphis, Tipton County, Tennessee, has its own rich history, full of interesting people and events. Historian and author Gaylon Beasley presents favorite and little-known stories of Civil War heroes, Hollywood starlets and both the serious and lighter sides of Tipton life, all in this fascinating and historic collection.

978-1-59629-413-4
256 pp.
$19.99
Over 100 Black and White Photographs

Publication Date:
November 2007