Bücher von Susan Sawyer

Each volume in this series features fifteen to twenty short biographies of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of a given city, state, or region of the U.S. The villainous, the misguided, and the misunderstood all get their due in these entertaining yet informing books.

Myths and Mysteries of Tennessee explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in the Volunteer State's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book is lively and easy to read for a general audience interested in Tennessee history.

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 "Monkey" 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.