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Author: Wilma Dykeman Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 039324380X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 201
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Tennessee, the long, thin state stretching from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Mississippi River, is as richly varied in history as in terrain. And from Davy Crockett, "Old Hickory" Andrew Jackson, and presidential candidate Estes Kefauver's coonskin cap, it has derived the colorful image of a frontier state. Tennessee has been a land of many kinds of frontiers--from the day in 1540 when Spaniards in armor, fevered for gold and glory, struggled along the river banks near present-day Memphis, to the latest developments in radiation research at today's complicated laboratories in Oak Ridge.
Author: Wilma Dykeman Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 039324380X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 201
Book Description
Tennessee, the long, thin state stretching from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Mississippi River, is as richly varied in history as in terrain. And from Davy Crockett, "Old Hickory" Andrew Jackson, and presidential candidate Estes Kefauver's coonskin cap, it has derived the colorful image of a frontier state. Tennessee has been a land of many kinds of frontiers--from the day in 1540 when Spaniards in armor, fevered for gold and glory, struggled along the river banks near present-day Memphis, to the latest developments in radiation research at today's complicated laboratories in Oak Ridge.
Author: Gary C. Goodwin Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226303896 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 223
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Cherokees in Transition offers a comprehensive description from an eco-historical perspective of the multitudinous changes that occurred within the Cherokee cultural-environmental system during the period preceding the American Revolution.
Author: Francis Marion Turner Publisher: The Overmountain Press ISBN: 9781570720581 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 156
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Thorough and compelling, this biography of John Sevier includes ancestral genealogy. Having served as governor of the ill-fated State of Franklin, Sevier was elected the first governor of Tennessee, serving a total of six terms. He then served in Congress until his death in 1815.
Author: Paul M. Fink Publisher: The Overmountain Press ISBN: 9780932807380 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 224
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Beginning with a chapter entitled “Prehistory,” this volume goes on to chronicle the Indian troubles and other hardships suffered by those settling the frontier, their early government, development of trade and commerce, travel and the coming of the railroad, growth of churches and religion, as well as education and publications, finally recording several pages of leftover bits of information under “Miscellany.” This history of the oldest town in Tennessee was written in 1972, with financial aid through a Federal grant, and covers approximately the same period then under study for Jonesborough's preservation and restoration plans. The revised edition includes more than 100 newly added photographs and a complete index.
Author: Harriette Simpson Arnow Publisher: MSU Press ISBN: 1609173678 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 534
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Harriette Arnow’s roots ran deep into the Cumberland River country of Kentucky and Tennessee, and out of her closeness to that land and its people comes this remarkable history. The first of two companion volumes, Seedtime on the Cumberland captures the triumphs and tragedies of everyday life on the frontier, a place where the land both promised and demanded much. In the years between 1780 and 1803, this part of the country presented tremendous opportunity to those who endeavored to make a new life there. Drawing on an extensive body of primary sources—including family journals, court records, and personal inventories—Arnow paints a stirring portrait of these intrepid people. Like the midden at some ancient archaeological site, these accumulated items become a treasure awaiting the insight and organization of an interpreter. Arnow also draws on a medium she believed in unerringly—oral history, the rich tradition that shaped so much of her own family and regional experience. A classic study of the Old Southwest, Seedtime on the Cumberland documents with stirring perceptiveness the opening of the Appalachian frontier, the intersection of settlers and Native Americans, and the harsh conditions of life in the borderlands.
Author: John Whitfield Publisher: Turner Publishing Company ISBN: 1618588095 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 225
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The Early History of Tennessee: From Frontier to Statehood by John Whitfield features detailed accounts of the state’s formation, contributing citizens, land and agriculture, the state’s greater roles in the nation, and much more. A perfect resource for Tennesseans, scholars, students, and history buffs alike.
Author: Anne Kelley Hoyt Publisher: Scarecrow Press ISBN: 9780810819955 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 240
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Yet another competently prepared, useful bibliography in this growing series....An important addition for any large native American collection. --ARBA ...a significant addition to the Native American Bibliography Series...a valuable starting point for future research on all aspects of Chickasaw history and culture. --AMERICAN INDIAN QUARTERLY
Author: George E. Connor Publisher: University of Missouri Press ISBN: 0826266053 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 849
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"This comparative study of state constitutions offers insightful overviews of the general and specific problems that have confronted America's constitution writers since the country's founding. Each chapter reflects the constitutional theory and history of a single state, encompassing each document's structure, content, and evolution"--Provided by publisher.
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