Tennessee Books

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Perhaps the final remarks of this southern love story of Helennic proportions is all that need be said. Angelic in prose and wit, James e. Hitt's novel, or shall i say masterpiece, strikes home with a force not usually felt in southern romance novels. But can he do it again?

I bought this book for my "Music of Appalachia" class. It is a fairly thin book but there is so much information contained in it. It has great pictures and stories of the people and places that helped to shape Country music. Instead of showing the typical pictures of people on porches with banjos, this book shows how it really was. The price makes it even more amazing.

A number of stories (some based on folklore, some historical) compiled by the author from extensive visits throughout the state. Stories of colorful figures and accounts of geographical interest.

It was difficult to find the right textbook since most did not come with a picture. This merchant did provide an image of the book and that makes the process soooo... much easier. Nice book, exactly what I needed.

James Thor Whitehead is a young boy living in Carter County, Tennessee and growing up with his family's tradition of storytelling. All his life, he has listened to this father's tales about the famous tiger that roams the mountains and valleys of East Tennessee. Thor believes that these stories are true and fears that this legendary beast will one day hunt him down and eat him. Eventually Thor learns of the real "Tennessee Tiger" who was legendary for his killing of 99 bears in his lifetime and the sparing of the 100th bear's life. A combination of folklore and mythology make this book a must. This book should be enjoyed by children of all ages and adults alike. It is especially meaningful when read together as a family. My child enjoys hearing this story over and over again. The colorful pictures are quite unique and very well done. I highly recommend this book!!

This book really illustrates what the Tennessee Titans accomplished in such a short amount of time in their first season in Nashville. The photographs bring back lots of great memories, and brings a smile to my face every time I open it. There's lots more photographs than text, but those photos say it all.

My favorite section is on the Music City Miracle, of course. I still get chills when I look at the frame by frame photographs of that historic play. Incredible! Go Titans!!

I visit Tennessee in the Spring to fish the Park and the tailwaters, and Ian's book has been my sole guide to these waters since its publication. It covers a wide, wide range of rivers and streams, and delivers enough information to get you on the water with a reasonable idea about what's about to happen.

A nice touch is Rutter's listing of alternative fisheries (and drive times); should you arrive at a tailwater and discover the water release schedule has been altered, leaving you with an unfishable mess.

Rutter certainly knows these fisheries like the back of his hand (he's the top guide in the area, and lives on the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park), and manages to impart a lot of information very quickly.

My only real complaint is that a longer book might be a bit more useful - in places, I'd love to have more information, though the somewhat transient nature of the tailwater fisheries (they live and die based on TVA flow schedules, which can change on a whim) and rapid development around some of the tailwaters (the Clinch being a prime example) would make it difficult to say much with any real precision.

A great & useful guide book.

GREAT BOOK--- LOTS OF GREAT PICTURES OF TENNESSEE WALKERS--- FROM STROLLING JIM, MIDNIGHT SUN, MERRY GO BOY --- I LOVE THIS BOOK AND ALSO ALL TENNESSEE WALKING HORSES

It's been a while since I read such nice, well written stories. They were easy to read and made me wonder about issues like being an organ donor and how to trust after having endured a broken heart. It's my first book by this author and I'll be looking for more of her books to buy.

This is one of the most informative books I've ever read. Harold Bloom takes you through, close to every piece of literature ever written by Williams, and tears it apart piece by piece, allowing the reader to get to the essence of the writing, and also get some insight from another person. I think it to be very refreshing to find such a tacctful book on literary criticism. It's a fabulous book that I would recommend to anyone in a heartbeat!