Susan Sawyer

It Happened in Tennessee (eBook, ePUB)

Remarkable Events That Shaped History

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an inside look at over 30 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Volunteer State. Read about the infamous Scopes "e;Monkey"e; Trial in 1925. Find out about Tennessee's reaction to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis. Discover how the Grand Ole Opry came to be the musical powerhouse that it is today.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781493082643
• Artikelnr.: 72479262

Autorenporträt

Susan Sawyer enjoys exploring the past and writing about historical topics. History serves as the centerpiece for many of her writings, taking form in both fact and fiction. Susan is the author of sixteen books, including Globe Pequot Press's More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Tennessee Women, It Happened in Tennessee, and Myths and Mysteries of Tennessee. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Susan worked as a magazine editor and communications consultant before establishing a career as a freelance writer and published author. Today she writes from her home in the suburbs of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Inhaltsangabe

The Transylvania Purchase
1775 The Lost State of Franklin
1784 Andrew Jackson's Duel
1806 The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis
1809 The New Madrid Earthquakes
1811
1812 America's First Antislavery Newspaper
1819 The Invention of the Cherokee Alphabet
1821 The Cherokee Removal
1838 The Volunteers of Tennessee
1846 The Battle of Shiloh
1862 The Making of a Confederate Hero
1863 Pauline Cushman's Escape
1863 The Sultana Disaster
1865 America's First Registered Distillery
1866 Pulaski's Secret Society
1866 The Birth of a Newspaper Empire
1878 The Grim Reaper's Visit to Memphis
1878 The British Invasion of Tennessee
1880 The First Coca
Cola Bottling Company
1899 Casey Jones and the Cannonball Express
1900 The Lynching of Murderous Mary
1916 Winning the Right to Vote for Women
1920 The Scopes "Monkey" Trial
1925 The Grand Ole Opry
1925America's First Guide Dogs for the Blind
1929 The Girl Who Struck Out Babe Ruth
1931 The Making of the Tennessee Valley Authority
1933The Secret Oak Ridge Project
1943 From Memphis to Stardom
1954 The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1968 The World's Fair
1982 The Filming of Christy
1993