Main entry:

Tennessee, a guide to the state.

Title & Author:

The WPA guide to Tennessee / compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the state of Tennessee ; with a new introduction by Jerrold Hirsch and a foreword by Wilma Dykeman.

Publication:

[Knoxville] : University of Tennessee Press, [1986]
©1986.

Description:

lxxviii, 558 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm

Notes:
Reprint. Originally published: Tennessee, a guide to the state. New York : Viking Press, 1939.
Includes bibliographical references (pages lvii, 529-535) and index.
Foreword / Wilma Dykeman -- New introduction / Jerrold Hirsch -- Preface -- List of illustrations -- List of maps -- General information -- Calendar of events -- Tennessee : the background. Cross section of a threefold state ; Natural setting and conservation ; The first Americans ; History and government ; Industry and commerce ; Agriculture ; The working man ; Transportation ; Tennessee Valley Authority ; Negroes in Tennessee ; Religion ; Education ; Sports and recreation ; Folklore : the living past ; Writers of Tennessee ; Architecture ; The arts -- City and town. Nashville ; Memphis ; Knoxville ; Chattanooga ; Jackson ; Columbia ; Kingsport -- Tours -- Appendices. Chronology ; Selected bibliography ; Index.

ISBN:

0870493841 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780870493843 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0870493833 (alk. paper)
9780870493836 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Tennessee.
Tennessee Guidebooks.
Tennessee Guides.

Form/genre:

Guidebook
travel guidebooks.
Guidebooks.
Guides touristiques.

Added entries:

Hirsch, Jerrold, 1948- writer of introduction.
Dykeman, Wilma, writer of foreword.
McDaniel, William R., writer of preface.
Aswell, James R., 1911-1982, writer of preface.
Bunce, William H., 1903- writer of preface.
Tennessee Writers' Project, compiler.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 105793
Call No.: ID:86-B21132
Status: Available