January 7, 2014 “The South began its move toward the modern Republican party in 1865,” writes Glenn Feldman in the opening sentence of his new book, The Irony of the Solid South: Democrats, Republicans, and Race, 1865-1944. Feldman, who earned a master’s degree in political science at Vanderbilt, spends the rest of the book backing up this surprising statement with overwhelming historical evidence.
Ronald A. Foresta
University of Tennessee Press
308 pages
$67
“From its promising launch to its ignominious relegation, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s controversial LBL recreation project attracted national and international attention. In Ron Foresta’s capable hands, readers are treated to so much more than a simple chronicle of an idea gone awry, Indeed, he shows us what can happen when we fail to adapt our thinking to changing circumstances. More important, he reminds us how terribly difficult it is to predict—let alone plan for—the future.”
–Geoffrey L. Buckley, author of Extracting Appalachia: Images of the Consolidation Coal Company, 1910–1945
Don W. Byerly
University of Tennessee Press
256 pages
$29.95
This book is the only comprehensive geologic history available on the market for Tennessee. … There are no other books like this that are close to being up to date.”
–Michael A. Gibson, University of Tennessee, Martin
James L. Cotton
History Publishing Company LLC
475 pages
$18.95
“Cotton’s meticulously researched, and lovingly crafted story of Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address, joins the many that examines the speech, and its creator. The author interprets a remarkable and complex period in American history and does so with knowledge that the reader’s journey will be one of discovery and enlightenment.”
–Steven Wilson, Author, President Lincoln s Spy and President Lincoln s Secret
Lynn Abbot, Doug Seroff
University Press of Mississippi
468 pages
$75
“A landmark study tracing the current of music education that gave form and style to the black gospel quartet tradition.”
–from the publisher
Charles Faulkner
University of Tennessee Press
164 pages
$24.95
“Faulkner combines careful historical research with meticulous archaeological excavations conducted in developed areas of the west Knoxville suburbs to illuminate what happened on that fateful day in 1793. As a result, he answers significant questions about the massacre and seeks to discover the genealogy of the Cavetts and if any family members survived the attack. This book is an important contribution to the study of frontier history and a long-overdue analysis of one of East Tennessee’s well-known legends.”
–from the publisher
