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Cemeteries Fiction Country music Vocational guidance Franklin, Battle of, Franklin, Tenn., 1864 Fiction Plantation life Fiction Plantation owners' spouses Fiction Tennessee Tennessee Genealogy Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction United States Williamson County (Tenn.) FictionDuncan, Alice Faye
Summary: Combining poetry, prose and stunning illustrations to shine light on a forgotten slice of history, this civil rights book examines the little-known Tennessee's Fayette County Tent City Movement of the late 1950s and reveals what is possible when people unite and fight for the right to vote.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 323.1196 DUNMartin, Rachel Louise
Summary: "An intimate portrait of a small Southern town living through tumultuous times, this propulsive piece of forgotten civil rights history--about the first school to attempt court-ordered desegregation in the wake of Brown v. Board--will forever change how you think of the end of racial segregation in America. In graduate school, Rachel Martin volunteered with a Southern oral history project. One...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 379.2 MARDeRose, Chris (Christopher)
Summary: "The incredible, untold story of the WWII vets who overthrew their corrupt hometown government--the only successful armed rebellion on US soil since the War of Independence. Corrupt politician Paul Cantrell was in complete control of McMinn County, Tennessee, his whims enforced by the violent Sheriff Pat Mansfield and his deputies. On Election Day, Cantrell and the sheriff seized the ballot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.8 DERGrundset, Eric.
Contents: Developing a South Carolina and Tennessee research strategy -- Major research centers in North Carolina and Tennessee and elsewhere with pertinent Revolutionary War collections -- Geographical factors affecting research in North Carolina and Tennessee -- Pre-revolutionary events in the Province of North Carolina -- General histories of the American Revolution in North Carolina and Tennessee --...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 2016
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.3756 GRUHaskell, David George.
Summary: Reveals what can be understood about the natural world through the author's year-long observation of a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest, explaining the scientific ties binding all life and how the ecosystem has cycled for millions ofyears.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 577.3 HASWithers, Ernest C.
Summary: "Ernest C. Withers was one of the most prominent African-American photographers during the civil rights years. During the course of his work, he took thousands photographs that document the Movement--from the Emmett Till trial in 1955 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968. What set his work apart was that he goes beyond the political struggles to show the human face of Movement....
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Publisher / Publication Date: CityFiles Press 2019
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 323.1196 WITShackford, James Atkins
Summary: "Davy Crockett has been America's best-known folk hero for at least 160 years. This informed biography by James Atkins Shackford first appeared in 1956, at the height of the television-inspired Crockett craze. As Michael Lofaro notes in his introduction, "Shackford faced the monumental task of rescuing a nearly unknown David Crockett from the obscurity caused by the popularity of the earlier...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CROCKETT, DAVID SHAHale, Steven
Summary: "Combining topics such as crime, death, and life inside prison, an award-winning journalist, writing with humanity, empathy and insight, and gaining unprecedented access, traces the interwoven lives of condemned prisoners and the men and women who come to Riverbend Maximum Security Institution to visit them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Duncan, Alice Faye
Summary: Recounts the 1968 sanitation workers strike in Memphis, Tennessee, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his final speech to strikers the night before his assassination, and details the perseverance of strikers before and after his death.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 331.892 DUNKiernan, Denise.
Summary: Looks at the valuable contributions made by the thousands of women who worked at a secret uranium-enriching facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Touchstone 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 976.873 KIRCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 976.873 KIRCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist Wom KiernanLittman, Margaret
Summary: With these practical tips and local know-how from a local Nashvillian, you can experience the best of the birthplace of the blues, the cradle of country music, and the home of the Smokies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 910 TRAVEL USAHarmon, Daniel E.
Summary: Explores the life of America's most famous frontiersman who left the wilderness for Washington, D.C. to fight for the rights of the common farmers of the frontier.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House Publishers 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CROHicks, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2005
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC HICHicks, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HICCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC HICHerman, Gail
Summary: "Davy Crockett, the King of the Wild Frontier, is a man of legend. He is said to have killed his first bear when he was three years old. His smile alone killed another, and he skinned a bear by forcing him to run between two trees. Fact or fiction? Find out the real story of this folk hero, who did love to hunt bears, served as a congressman for Tennessee, and fought and died at the Alamo"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 CROLeamer, Laurence.
Summary: Through interviews with stars, managers, songwriters, and executives at the 1996 annual week-long Fan Fair country music event at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, Leamer explores how country music stars became successful and why country music has become so popular throughout the U.S. Includes interviews with Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, Mindy McCready, Shania Twain, Wynonna Judd,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.64 LEARedmond, Rich
Summary: "Rich Redmond, drummer for superstar Jason Aldean, provides a shot of inspiration for those interested in jump-starting a music career. Filled with practical advice, stories of how Redmond did it himself, and insights from a chorus of other musicians, this is the ultimate behind-the-scenes and fun-to-read book looking at the country music industry"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 780.23 REDAli, Yasmine S.
Summary: Showing how a single community's terrible tragedy instead became the catalyst for radical change, this first book to examine the Waverly Train Disaster of 1978, penned by a medical writer and Waverly native, examines how this disaster laid the groundwork for the future of emergency management and disaster relief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Citadel Press, Kensington Publishing Corp. 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.12 ALIRaymond, Barbara Bisantz.
Summary: Traces the story of a notorious black-market baby dealer whose illicit operation between 1920 and 1950 was largely dependent on her success in coercing the abandonment and kidnapping of abused and disadvantaged babies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TANN, GEORGIA RAYWeiss, Elaine F.
Summary: "This adaptation of the book Hillary Clinton calls "a page-turning drama and an inspiration" will spark the attention of young readers and teach them about activism, civil rights, and the fight for women's suffrage--just in time for the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. Includes an eight-page photo insert! American women are so close to winning the right to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 WEICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 324.6 WEIJackson, Ronald Vern.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Accelerated Indexing Systems 1976
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3768 TENJackson, Ronald Vern.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Accelerated Indexing Systems 1977
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1 available in Reference, Call number: GEN 929.3768 TENDouglas, Deborah D.
Summary: The U.S. Civil Rights Trail offers a vivid glimpse into the story of Black America's fight for freedom and equality. From eye-opening landmarks to celebrations of triumph over adversity, experience a tangible piece of history with Moon U.S. Civil Rights Trail. Includes flexible itineraries, historic civil rights sites, the culture of the movement, expert insight, travel tools, and detailed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group 2021
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Summary: Sally Thomas went from being a slave on a tobacco plantation, to a "virtually free" slave who ran her own business and purchased one of her sons out of bondage. This book offers a portrait of her extended family and of the life of slaves before the Civil War. Based on family letters as well as an autobiography by one of her sons, the detective work follows a singular group as they walk the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2006