Nashville History

Nashville is a city of sublime contrasts, an intellectual hub built on a devotion to God, country music, and the Devil's pleasures. Refined and raucous, it has long represented both culture and downright fun, capable of embracing pre-Civil War mansions and manners, as well as honky-tonk bars and trailer parks.

Racial etiquette and the struggle for social justice in a southern city.

"Elites and dilemmas."

Women country musicians.

A Belmont Mansion novel.
"After an unwanted past, Claire strives to create something that will last as an artist among Nashville's elite society in the 1860s."

The story of America's deadliest train wreck.
2 copies. (One on reserve)

Was Nashville once home to a giant race of humans? No, but in 1845, you could have paid a quarter to see the remains of one who allegedly lived here before The Flood. That summer This book is the first public-facing effort by legitimate archaeologists to articulate the history of what happened here before Nashville happened.

The story of Nashville's history told through the eyes of The Tennessean's news articles and photographs.

This tells the story of President John F. Kennedy's May 1963 visit to Nashville, Tennessee, through the news stories and photographs of the The Tennessean newspaper.

In Reference

The Nashville Vols, their 1908 season, and the championship game.

"Stories from the stands."

A history of "The Dixie Line".