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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862 Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862 Cunningham, Edward The bloody and decisive two-day battle of Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862) changed the entire course of the American Civil War. The stunning Northern victory thrust Union commander Ulysses S. Grant into the … OL15489832W
Tennessee Titans Tennessee Titans Tom Robinson Provides an overview of the history of the Tennessee Titans football team, highlighting popular players, influential coaches, winning and losing seasons, and key moments that shaped the team and the … OL15909552W
Weird Tennessee Weird Tennessee Roger Manley What's peculiar in Tennessee? How about a supernatural creature called the White Bluff Screamer? Phantoms drift among overgrown ruins, and the eerie headlamps of dead miners call to mind a grisly dis… OL16168587W
Tennessee in the Civil War Tennessee in the Civil War James B. Jones "This collection of primary documents offers rare glimpses of the Civil War as it unfolded in the Volunteer State. Arranged by month from April 1861 to April 1865, the pieces chronicle the smaller sk… OL16190544W
Travels of a Country Woman Travels of a Country Woman Lera Knox Selection of newspaper articles by Lera Knox, (former teacher, columnist, and farmer's wife from Middle Tennessee), which contain firsthand accounts of travels and special events that took place in t… OL16929793W
Tennessee Tennessee Barbara A. Somervill Explores the land, people, history, economy, and travel opportunities of the state of Tennessee. OL17191920W
The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation Timothy B. Smith, Ph.D. The 1890s, argues Timothy B. Smith in his new book, represented the climax of battlefield preservation in America. But what makes this decade so important? This decade was the perfect time for the es… OL17753413W
A bibliography of Tennessee history, 1973-1996 A bibliography of Tennessee history, 1973-1996 Eloise R. Hitchcock,W. Calvin Dickinson xiv, 453 p. : 25 cm OL19238787W
The girls of Atomic City The girls of Atomic City Denise Kiernan In this book the author traces the story of the unsung World War II workers in Oak Ridge, Tennessee through interviews with dozens of surviving women and other Oak Ridge residents. This is the story … OL19963587W
All for the Regiment All for the Regiment Gerald J. Prokopowicz "All for the Regiment traces how the amateur soldiers who formed the Army of the Ohio bridged widely varying backgrounds to organize themselves into individual regiments of remarkable strength and co… OL222000W
Chattanooga chronicles Chattanooga chronicles Cody Maxwell "Chattanooga's history is as storied and complex as any southern city that was born in theearly days of America and came of age during the Civil War, but not everysouthern city has a writer like Cody… OL23300634W
Companion to the New Harp of Columbia Companion to the New Harp of Columbia Marion J. Hatchett "Meticulous in its research, encyclopedic in its detail, this reference volume is the first such work written for a shape-note songbook. Modeled on the various guidebooks to contemporary denomination… OL2436324W
Middle Tennessee society transformed, 1860-1870 Middle Tennessee society transformed, 1860-1870 Stephen V. Ash xiii, 299 p. : 24 cm OL3529800W
Men of Fire Men of Fire Jack Hurst Deep in the winter of 1862, on the border between Kentucky and Tennessee, two extraordinary military leaders faced each other in an epic clash that would transform them both and change the course of … OL3953694W
A history of Hickman County, Tennessee A history of Hickman County, Tennessee W. Jerome D. Spence Excellent General source book, one of many published by this publisher about the rural areas in the US during this period. This is an excellent book covering the history of Hickman County, Tennessee … OL5537415W
More tales of Tennessee More tales of Tennessee Louise Littleton Davis Nineteen true accounts of events in the lives of adventurous men and women in early Tennessee history. OL6444618W
The American Plague The American Plague Molly Caldwell Crosby In this account, a journalist traces the course of yellow fever, stopping in 1878 Memphis to "vividly [evoke] the Faulkner-meets-'Dawn of the Dead' horrors,"*-and moving on to today's strain of the k… OL8110309W
Sauk Rapids and Benton County Sauk Rapids and Benton County Ron Zurek Sauk Rapids and Benton County tells the rich and interesting history of one of the oldest counties in the state of Minnesota. Featuring nearly 200 photographs, the book takes the reader on a histori… OL8415170W
The border men The border men Cameron Judd "From one of the strongest voices in frontier fiction, The Border Men is a bold novel of revolution, adventure, and the spirit of the American pioneers. Cameron Judd tells the compelling story of pr… OL999266W