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1	Suttree more books like this by Cormac McCarthy add to wishlist Cormac McCarthy's highly unusual novel, set in 1951 Knoxville (where the author grew up), is the story of Cornelius Suttree, a distinct oddball unlike the young, questing heroes of most of McCarthy's other books. Suttree has given up a life of patrician wealth to live alone on a broken-down old houseboat on the Tennessee River, where he hopes to ... see all copies from $5.90! new only from $8.45! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Carved in Bone more books like this by Jefferson Bass add to wishlist From the writing team of Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson comes the first in a new series. When an unusual corpse is discovered, a pioneering forensic anthropologist is called to investigate, but even this seasoned expert is staggered by what the corpse reveals--a revelation that only deepens the mystery. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Outer Dark more books like this by Cormac McCarthy add to wishlist Cormac McCarthy's 1968 novel (his second) begins with the birth of a child to Rinthy Holme--a baby boy, who is taken off to the woods and left to die by Culla, Rinthy's brother--who is also the baby's father. Believing her son to be alive, Rinthy undertakes a quest to find him, and Culla begins to roam the Appalachian countryside on a mysterious ... see all copies from $6.47! new only from $8.02! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Orchard Keeper more books like this by Cormac McCarthy add to wishlist In rural Tennessee--Cormac McCarthy's home ground--a boy named John Wesley Rattner, whose father has been murdered, teams up with Athel Ownby, an aged man who lives in harmony with the land, to resist the encroachment of the modern world. One of Ownby's peculiarities is the mysterious corpse he keeps in his garden--a corpse that turns out to be ... see all copies from $7.49! new only from $7.98! \| first editions \| SVS
5	From Roots to Roses: The Autobiography of Tilda Kemplen more books like this by Tilda Kemplen, Nancy Herzberg (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Cudjo's cave more books like this by John Townsend Trowbridge add to wishlist Cudjo's Cave chronicles the brutalities and fears faced by unionists, loyal to Abraham Lincoln and the federal cause, living in secessionist states politically aligned with the Confederacy. Set in 1861 in a fictionalized rural village in east Tennessee, the story revolves around four main characters who find themselves trapped together with other ... see all copies from $2.57! new only from $24.74! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Cormac McCarthy more books like this by Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist Through a series of vivid and critically acclaimed novels, including "Blood Meridian", "All the Pretty Horses", "No Country for Old Men", and "The Road", Cormac McCarthy has established himself as a major voice in American fiction of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His works are marked by piercing explorations of the nature of evil and the ... see all copies from $45.92! new only from $49.87! \| SVS
8	William G. Brownlow: Fighting Parson of the Southern Highlands, more books like this by E. Merton Coulter add to wishlist Tennessee has had its share of outrageous characters over the years but none more so than William G. Brownlow. A legend in his own time and mythic in times after, Parson Brownlow was a circuit-riding Methodist minister, upstart journalist, and political activist who wielded a vitriolic tongue and pen in defense of both slavery and the Union. E. ... see all copies from $7.50! new only from $19.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Myth, Legend, Dust: Critical Responses to Cormac McCarthy more books like this by Rick Wallach (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of McCarthy criticism anthologizes several of the most prescient early responses to an author who disturbed many when he first emerged, as well as biographical sketches, examinations of his dramatic scripts and his early unpublished stories. see all copies from $246.01!
10	War at Every Door: Partisan Politics and Guerrilla Violence in East Tennessee, 1860-1869 more books like this by Noel C Fisher add to wishlist This study examines the military and political struggle for control of Tennessee from the secession crisis through the early years of Reconstruction, focusing particularly on the military and political significance of the region's irregular activity. see all copies from $7.84! new only from $15.95! \| first editions
11 view cover	Trailer Trash from Tennessee more books like this by David Hunter add to wishlist Trailer Trash from Tennessee by David Hunter is a childhood memoir of growing up in Knoxville, Tennessee during the 1950's and early 1960's. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.46! \| signed copies \| SVS
12 view cover	The Granny Curse and Other Ghosts and Legends from East Tennessee / more books like this by Randy Russell, Janet Barnett add to wishlist From the Blue Ridge to the Cumberlands, from Pigeon Forge and Cades Cove to Warrior Path State Park and Roan Mountain, East Tennessee offers a plethora of stories about haints and spirits. Twenty-five tales, all based in historical fact or tied to an actual location and intertwined with regional folklore, are included in this collection. see all copies from $3.95! new only from $5.26! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee more books like this by William R Snell (Editor), Myra Inman add to wishlist In 1859, a thirteen-year-old-girl began a diary, detailing the emotions and events of everyday life. Daily life in her small hometown of Cleveland, Tennessee was not destined to remain quiet and routine, however. When the Civil War began, the diary entries provide a firsthand account of the sorrows inflicted when the Civil War tore families apart ... see all copies from $8.24! new only from $22.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Divided Loyalties: Fort Sanders and the Civil War in East Tennessee more books like this by Digby Gordon Seymour add to wishlist The East Tennessee Historical Society presents Digby Gordon Seymour's popular and powerful story of the Civil War in East Tennessee in a newly illustrated edition. Divided Loyalties details the often overlooked but strategically vital East Tennessee campaign of 1863 and the climactic Battle of Fort Sanders, a flerce, twenty-minute assault that ... see all copies from $13.90! new only from $30.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Last Confederate General: John C. Vaughn and His East Tennessee Cavalry more books like this by Larry Gordon add to wishlist John Crawford Vaughn was one of the most famous men in Tennessee in the nineteenth century. He was the first man to raise a regiment in the state ( the Third Tennessee)...and one of the very last Confederate generals to surrender, taking the reader from the battles of new Creek Bridge, the first battle of Parnassus, Vickers burg- where Vaughn ... see all copies from $14.95! new only from $19.32! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Dr. J.G.M. Ramsey: Autobiography and Letters more books like this by William Best Hesseltine (Editor), Robert Tracy McKenzie (Introduction by), Durwood Dunn (Foreword by) add to wishlist Born in 1796, James Gettys McGready Ramsey was a man of broad talents who left a permanent imprint on Tennessee. He was a physician, public servant, religious leader, banker, railroad advocate, and tireless scholar of early Tennessee history. A states-rights Democrat, he enthusiastically supported secession in 1861 and later served the Confederacy ... see all copies from $9.80! new only from $69.35! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Warrior's Path: Reflections Along an Ancient Route more books like this by Casey Clabough add to wishlist One of North America's oldest and most storied routes, "the Warrior's Path," as it was known by the Iroquois, was formed centuries ago by migrating animals and the humans who followed them. It spanned from the Iroquois lands of what is today New York State down the Appalachian Valley system and into the Cherokee country of Tennessee and North ... see all copies from $12.99! new only from $15.93! \| SVS
18 view cover	Two Worlds in the Tennessee Mtns more books like this by David C Hsiung add to wishlist Most Americans know Appalachia through stereotyped images: moonshine and handicrafts, poverty and illiteracy, rugged terrain and isolated mountaineers. Historian David Hsiung maintains that in order to understand the origins of such stereotypes, we must look critically at the concepts of isolation and community in Appalachia. He examines how ... see all copies from $19.78! signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Ramseys at Swan Pond: The Archaeology and History of an East Tennessee Farm more books like this by Charles H Faulkner add to wishlist The Ramsey House was built in 1797 for Col. Francis Alexander Ramsey, a prominent early settler of East Tennessee who, along with his two sons J. G. M. Ramsey and William B. A. Ramsey, shaped the physical and cultural landscape of what would become Knox County and Knoxville, Tennessee. The one-hundred-acre homestead, referred to by Colonel Ramsey ... see all copies from $44.57! new only from $44.57! \| SVS
20 view cover	Seasonal more books like this by Betty J Belanus, PH.D. add to wishlist Rob Anderson's job as Seasonal Folklorist in the idyllic setting of East Tennessee leads to adventure and romance as he uncovers layer after layer of the legend of local murderer and outlaw Boyd Jenkins. By asking the right questions, Rob and the beautiful Ruthie Taggart find the truth behind Jenkins' intriguing past. see all copies from $1.99! signed copies
21 view cover	Discovering October Roads: Fall Colors and Geology in Rural East Tennessee more books like this by Harry Moore, Fred Brown add to wishlist Autumn presents a stunning array of colors in rural East Tennessee, and Discovering October Roads is the perfect traveler's companion for better enjoying those scenic views. In a compelling, anecdotal narrative, the book describes seven road trips through the region, discussing not only the leaf colors to be seen but also the geology, landscape, ... see all copies from $14.06! new only from $14.06! \| SVS
22	Stories of Early Inns & Taverns of the East Tennessee Country more books like this by Wilma Dykeman, Thomas J. Reising (Illustrator), Lareine W. Clayton add to wishlist see all copies from $14.00! signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	America's First Western Frontier, East Tennessee: A Story of the Early Settlers and Indians of East Tennessee more books like this by Brenda Callaway, Brenda Calloway add to wishlist This is a narrative of the first 'Old West' - the land just beyond the crest of the Appalachian Mountains - and the many 'firsts' that occurred there. It is concentrated primarily within the period covering 1600 to 1839. see all copies from $16.16! new only from $16.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Early East Tennessee taxpayers more books like this by Pollyanna Creekmore add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00! new only from $38.50!
25	Sanctified Trial: The Diary of Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain, a Confederate Woman in East Tennessee more books like this by Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain, John N Fain (Editor), Peter S Carmichael (Editor) add to wishlist Sanctified Trial is the riveting Civil War diary of a Confederate woman of strong religious faith and equally strong proslavery convictions. Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain (b. 1816), who lived in Rogersville, Tennessee, kept diaries from shortly after her marriage to Richard Gammon Fain in 1833 until her death in 1892. John N. Fain has prepared this ... see all copies from $13.00! new only from $47.82!

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