Grandeur in Tennessee
Grandeur in Tennessee

Author: Gifford A Cochran

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9781014618221

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Architecture of Middle Tennessee
Architecture of Middle Tennessee

Author: Thomas B. Brumbaugh

Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press

Published: 2020-08-15

Total Pages: 531

ISBN-13: 0826500218

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First published in 1974, Architecture of Middle Tennessee quickly became a record of some of the region's most important and most endangered buildings. Based primarily upon photographs, measured drawings, and historical and architectural information assembled by the Historic American Buildings Survey of the National Park Service in 1970 and 1971, the book was conceived of as a record of buildings preservationists assumed would soon be lost. Remarkably, though, nearly half a century later, most of the buildings featured in the book are still standing. Vanderbilt staffers discovered a treasure trove of photos and diagrams from the HABS survey that did not make the original edition in the Press archives. This new, expanded edition contains all of the original text and images from the first volume, plus many of the forgotten archived materials collected by HABS in the 1970s. In her new introduction to this reissue, Aja Bain discusses why these buildings were saved and wonders about what lessons preservationists can learn now about how to preserve a wider swath of our shared history.

The Vanity of Human Grandeur
The Vanity of Human Grandeur

Author: Ethel Russell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-22

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9780483648227

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Excerpt from The Vanity of Human Grandeur: With Sketches of and Tributes to the Memory of Prominent Persons From East Tennessee All earthly riches and pleasures and splendors pass away. Only the soul is immortal. It lives forever It is more valuable than all earthly things. Jesus said, What will it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Read history. And you will be convinced of the vanity of human grandeur. I have not read all of this book in the manuscript, but hope to read it when printed. I may not agree with all its author says, but I ask for it a thought ful reading. Each must read and accept or reject for him self. May both the book and its author have that success which comes from truth and faithfulness. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Tennessee, a Short History
Tennessee, a Short History

Author: Robert Ewing Corlew

Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 660

ISBN-13: 9780870496479

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A general survey of Tennessee history from the earliest settlements to the present.

Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America
Architecture and Town Planning in Colonial North America

Author: James D. Kornwolf

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 542

ISBN-13: 9780801859861

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Incorporating more than 3,000 illustrations, Kornwolf's work conveys the full range of the colonial encounter with the continent's geography, from the high forms of architecture through formal landscape design and town planning. From these pages emerge the fine arts of environmental design, an understanding of the political and economic events that helped to determine settlement in North America, an appreciation of the various architectural and landscape forms that the settlers created, and an awareness of the diversity of the continent's geography and its peoples. Considering the humblest buildings along with the mansions of the wealthy and powerful, public buildings, forts, and churches, Kornwolf captures the true dynamism and diversity of colonial communities - their rivalries and frictions, their outlooks and attitudes - as they extended their hold on the land.