A history lover's guide to Memphis and Shelby County / William Patton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patton, William, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Memphis (Tenn.)--Description and travel.

Memphis (Tenn.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, [2020]

Summary:

This tour of Memphis goes well beyond the traditional guidebook to offer a historical journey through the Home of the Blues. Explore the city's African American heritage from Church Park to beautiful Mason Temple, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final, prophetic speech. Visit Court Square, where a young Thomas Edison delighted children and adults with his popular invention: the cockroach shocker. Discover hidden gems like the nineteenth-century dueling grounds on the banks of the Mississippi and a charming Depression-era country store. From Beale Street to the bluffs, author Bill Patton traces the incomparable history of Memphis. -- Publisher description.

Contents:

1. The River

2. Memphis before Memphis

3. The Rise of Memphis, 1819-1860

4. The Civil War, 1861-1865

5. Death and Rebirth, 1865-1908

6. Beale Street

7. Prohibition and a New Deal: The Crump Era, 1909-1954

8. The Mid-Century Moment, 1954-1976

9. Civil Rights and the African American Experience

10. Collierville and Germantown

11. Bartlett

12. Arlington

13. North Shelby County.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781439669402

1439669406