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True Tales of Tennessee : Earthquake to Railroad.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carey, Bill.
- Series:
- American Chronicles
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Local history.
- Tennessee--History--19th century.
- Tennessee--History, Local.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (158 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The History Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- The Beginnings of the Volunteer State Tennessee was a remote place in 1810. By 1850, some of the most influential people in America had come from Tennessee, such as Sequoyah, David Crockett, the filibuster William Walker and the slave trader Isaac Franklin. Learn about the state's first steamboats and its initial telegraph message. Read newly discovered accounts from the Trail of Tears. Hop along the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad and relive the glory and tragedy. Author and columnist Bill Carey details these stories and more on early history in The Volunteer State.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Ground Rises and Falls
- Up Past the Shoals
- Attack at the Bend
- Victory of the Dirty Shirts
- Life Shrouded in Mystery
- Wealthy, Respectable and Populous
- A Trace of Truth
- Born in the Waxhaws
- Without Any Just Cause
- Swan Creek, Ugly Creek
- Letters Etched in Stone
- Four Days from Nashville to Knoxville
- Manacled and Chained
- Memphis Rival Vanishes from the Map
- Disney Movies and Coonskin Caps
- Crockett Loses His Pants
- Textbook Photo to Slavery Book
- Land Pirate's Thumb
- Red Clay's Somber Story
- Barefooted and Badly Clad
- Engineer Puts Chattanooga on Map
- This Political Sodom
- Liars, Cowards and Poltroons
- Two Presidents, Three First Ladies
- Ned Buntline's Rope
- Britannia Arrives at Boston
- President Leaves a Mess of a Legacy
- Tennessee's Connection to Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Nashville Native Invades Nicaragua
- Beauty Hauls Locomotive
- Scattered in Every Direction
- Honest and Unsuspecting Shareholders
- Sources
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781439677636
- 1439677638
- OCLC:
- 1402642898
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