Tennessee Book-in-a-Bag
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Carole Marsh Books
Published: 1992-09
Total Pages: 63
ISBN-13: 0793374189
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Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Carole Marsh Books
Published: 1992-09
Total Pages: 63
ISBN-13: 0793374189
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Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781572337855
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOak Ridge, Tennessee, was created by the U.S. government during World War II to aid in the construction of the first atomic bomb. Drawing on oral history and previously classified material, this book portrays the patterns of daily life in this unique setting.
Author: Roger Manley
Publisher: Sterling
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781402754654
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExplores ghosts and haunted places, local legends, cursed roads, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in Tennessee.
Author: Kim Trevathan
Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
Published: 2021-02-15
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9781621906254
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn August 1998 Kim Trevathan summoned his beloved 45-pound German shepherd mix, Jasper, and paddled a canoe down the Tennessee River, an adventure chronicled in Paddling the Tennessee River: A Voyage on Easy Water. Twenty years later, in Against the Current: Paddling Upstream on the Tennessee River, he invites readers on a voyage of light-hearted rumination about time, memory, and change as he paddles the same river in the same boat--but this time going upstream, starting out in early spring instead of late summer. In sparkling prose, Trevathan describes the life of the river before and after the dams, the sometimes daunting condition of its environment, its banks' host of evolving communities--and also the joys and follies of having a new puppy, 65-pound Maggie, for a shipmate. Trevathan discusses the Tennessee River's varied contributions to the cultures that hug its waterway (Kentuckians refer to it as a lake, but Tennesseans call it a river), and the writer's intimate style proves a perfect lens for the passageway from Kentucky to Tennessee to Alabama and back to Tennessee. In choice observations and chance encounters along the route, Trevathan uncovers meaningful differences among the Tennessee Valley's people--and not a few differences in himself, now an older, wiser adventurer. Whether he is struggling to calm his land-loving companion, confronting his body's newfound aches and pains, craving a hard-to-find cheeseburger, or scouting for a safe place to camp for the night, Trevathan perseveres in his quest to reacquaint himself with the river and to discover new things about it. And, owing to his masterful sense of detail, cadence, and narrative craft, Trevathan keeps the reader at the heart of the journey. The Tennessee River is a remarkable landmark, and this text exhibits its past and present qualities with a perspective only Trevathan can provide.
Author: Elijah Cummings
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2020-09-22
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 0062992287
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of Essence's Best Books of the Year NAACP Image Awards Winner for Outstanding Literary Work With a foreword by Speaker Nancy Pelosi “There was no greater friend to the poor, to the lost, to the left out, and to the left behind. If you want to understand this great man, read his historic, important book and learn the lessons and values from his ‘moral voice crying in the wilderness’ on behalf of our American democracy.” —Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) Known for his poise, intellect, and influence until his death in October 2019, Elijah Cummings was one of the most respected figures in contemporary politics, a politician who held fast to his beliefs but was not afraid to reach across the aisle in the name of friendship and progress. Since his earliest days in government through his time as a representative and chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, he proved his abilities as a politician who could operate at the highest levels of democracy, serving the people of Baltimore and illustrating the importance of working with—and for—the underdog. Yet in his final years of life, Cummings recognized that democracy was the underdog. We’re Better Than This draws from Cummings’s own life to show the formative moments that prepared him for the disturbing first years of the Trump presidency and spurred him to hold the administration accountable for their actions. Weaving together the urgent drama of modern-day politics and character-defining stories from his past, Cummings offers a never-before-told perspective on how his personal history, coming of age in South Baltimore, laid the foundation of a life spent fighting for justice. He goes behind the scenes with the House Democratic leadership, offering an eye-opening chronicle of the grim realities of holding the Trump administration to account. Detailing this moment of unprecedented obstructionism by both the president and Republicans, Cummings presents a vital defense of how government oversight defines our collective trust, examining the dangerous precedent for both parties that exists if the executive branch remains above public scrutiny. Part memoir, part call to action, We’re Better Than This is the story of our modern-day democracy and the threats that we all must face together, as well as a retrospective on the life and career of one of our country’s most inspirational politicians. As we approach another test of our democracy, the next race for the White House, We’re Better Than This reminds people that in this country we don’t elect kings, and we cannot afford four more years of this false one.
Author: D. Eirug Davies
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9781847714299
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfter Samuel Roberts' ill-fated attempt at forming a Welsh colony in Tennessee, others from Wales would help develop the state's fledgling iron and coal industry. This book tells how they became Knoxville's largest employer, started the Dixie Eisteddfod, and got involved in an armed insurrection over the use of convicts in the mines.
Author: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Carole Marsh Books
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 67
ISBN-13: 0793320682
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Publisher: Carole Marsh Books
Published: 1997-03
Total Pages: 71
ISBN-13: 0793381312
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carole Marsh
Publisher: Carole Marsh Books
Published: 1997-02
Total Pages: 61
ISBN-13: 0793378257
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Karen Kieffer
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 30
ISBN-13:
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