Rural Life and Culture in the Upper Cumberland
Title | Rural Life and Culture in the Upper Cumberland PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Birdwell |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 696 |
Release | 2004-12-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780813123097 |
Seventeen original essays by prominent scholars uncover fascinating stories and personalities from the Upper Cumberland region of Kentucky and Tennessee, often regarded as isolated and out of pace with the rest of the country, but seen here as having a far richer history and culture than previously thought.
Rural Life and Culture in the Upper Cumberland
Title | Rural Life and Culture in the Upper Cumberland PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Birdwell |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 383 |
Release | 2004-12-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 081317189X |
Tennessee History Book Award Finalist The Upper Cumberland region of Kentucky and Tennessee, often regarded as isolated and out of pace with the rest of the country, has a far richer history and culture than has been documented. The contributors to Rural Life and Culture in the Upper Cumberland discuss an extensive array of subjects, including popular music, movies, architecture, folklore, religion, and literature. Seventeen original essays by prominent scholars such as Lynwood Montell, Charles Wolfe, Allison Ensor, and Jeannette Keith uncover fascinating stories and personalities as they explore topics including wartime hero Alvin C. York, Socialist Party Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Kate Brockford Stockton, and even a thriving nudist colony, the Timberline Lodge.
People of the Upper Cumberland
Title | People of the Upper Cumberland PDF eBook |
Author | Michael E. Birdwell |
Publisher | Univ Tennessee Press |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.) |
ISBN | 9781621903710 |
Unified by geography and themes of tradition and progress, the essays in this anthology present a complex view of the Upper Cumberland area of Tennessee and Kentucky-a remote and, in some ways, mysterious region-and offer a broad look at an understudied southern region. The distinguished contributors cover everything from early folk medicine practices (Opless Walker), to the changing roles of women in the Upper Cumberland (Ann Toplovich), to rarely discussed African American lifeways in the area (Wall R. Kharif). Randall D. Williams's essay on the relatively unknown history of American Indians in the region opens the collection, followed by Michael Allen's history of boating and river professions on the Cumberland River. Al Cross and David Cross illuminate the Republican politics of the Kentucky section of the Upper Cumberland, while Mark Dudney provides a first-of-its-kind look at the early careers of distinguished Tennesseans Cordell Hull and John Gore. Equally fresh is Mary A. Evins's examination of the career of Congressman Joe L. Evins, and coedi-tor Michael E. Birdwell and John B. Nisbet III contribute an in-depth piece on John Catron, the Upper Cumberland's first Supreme Court justice. Troy D. Smith's essay on Champ Ferguson sheds new light on the Confederate guerilla. Birdwell's second contribution, an exploration of the history of moonshine, provides insight into a venerable Cumberland tradition. Pairing well with Walker's essay, Janey Dudney and coeditor W. Calvin Dickinson discuss the superstitions faced by early Upper Cumberland medical professionals. Closing out the grouping of medical articles is Dickinson's second chapter, which tells the story of Dr. May Cravath Wharton and her contribution to the region's health care, Laura Clemons explores the relationship between composer Charles Faulkner Bryan and his gifted African American pupil J. Robert Bradley. Birch-veils final essay examines race relations in the Upper Cumberland. Book jacket.
Upper Cumberland Country
Title | Upper Cumberland Country PDF eBook |
Author | William Lynwood Montell |
Publisher | Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Cumberland River Valley (Ky. and Tenn.) |
ISBN | 9781617035319 |
Town Life
Title | Town Life PDF eBook |
Author | Ann Toplovich |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | City and town life |
ISBN |
Handbook to Life in America
Title | Handbook to Life in America PDF eBook |
Author | Rodney P. Carlisle |
Publisher | Infobase Publishing |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | African Americans |
ISBN | 1438119011 |
Examines the history, events and people of the early twentieth-century in America.
After Vicksburg
Title | After Vicksburg PDF eBook |
Author | Myron J. Smith, Jr. |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2021-10-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1476672202 |
This is the first published comprehensive survey of naval action on the Mississippi River and its tributaries for the years 1863-1865. Following introductory reviews of the rivers and of the U.S. Navy's Mississippi Squadron, chronological Federal naval participation in various raids and larger campaigns is highlighted, as well as counterinsurgency, economical support and control, and logistical protection. The book includes details on units, locations and activities that have been previously underreported or ignored. Examples include the birth and function of the Mississippi Squadron's 11th District, the role of U.S. Army gunboats, and the war on the Upper Cumberland and Upper Tennessee Rivers. The last chapter details the coming of the peace in 1865 and the decommissioning of the U.S. river navy and the sale of its gunboats.