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Knoxville Books and Knoxville Authors
Due to its rich Appalachian history, Knoxville books and Knoxville authors have both enjoyed literary praise and fame.
This page shares some of the best Knoxville books for old and new Knoxvillians alike. Please read on, and if you have a request for books you'd like to know more about, or simply can't find what you're looking for, just let us know with the form below and we'll be happy make a recommendation. Knoxville Travel Books
If you're new to Knoxville, Rand McNally provides a great guide to getting around: Rand Mcnally Knoxville & Vicinity Tennessee: Street Guide A nice book about Knoxville, its history and attractions is: Knoxville, Tennessee: A Mountain City in the New South
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Agee: A Knoxville Favorite Son Holiday Gift Idea
Leading Lives that Matter
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A Grab Bag of Knoxville Books: Cook Book Gifts to Others or Yourself
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Knoxville author Judy Loest has a new book
Not rated yet Knoxville's ghosts and greatest mysteries are revealed with humor and a sense of adventure in Mysterious Knoxville
People interested in the U.S. Civil War may enjoy Valleys of the Shadow: The Memoir of Knoxvillian Reuben G. Clark Knoxville author Ed Hooper, a seventh-generation Tennessean, tells the story of the early years of Knoxville with over 200 black-and-white vintage photographs in Knoxville: Images of America Jack Neely is well-known to Knoxvillians as the author of Metro Pulse's Secret History articles, and this is his excellent first collection of those stories: Knoxville's Secret History Famous Knoxville AuthorsJames Agee: Born and raised in Knoxville, Agee was one of the most influential film critics of the 1940s, and won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel A Death in the Family Nikki Giovanni: Born in Knoxville, Giovanni is a nationally-recognized poet whose work has been greatly influenced by the civil rights and black power movements.Rosa
Cormac McCarthy: Raised in Knoxville, McCarthy has been called one of the most important authors of his time, and won the Pulitzer prize for his 2007 novel, The Road (featured on Oprah's Book Club). Fiction set in KnoxvilleThe Highly Effective Detective In these fourteen unique stories, a Northern writer explores the Tennessee Valley city he has discovered. These are tales both comic and moving, odd and ordinary, born from and belonging to one Southern town: Gay Street: Stories of Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville Books and Authors: Non-fictionDr. William Bass: Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales Knoxville Books and Authors: University of TennesseePhillip Fulmer: Coach of the 1998 National Championship football team, Coach Fulmer shares the story in A Perfect Season
Pat Summitt: One of the greatest coaches in Women's basketball, if you're a Pat fan, you've got to read Reach for the Summit Great Smoky Mountains National ParkThe Great Smoky Mountains National Park is one of the most popular attractions in the Nation - in no small part because of the many beautiful trails that hiking fans can take to get into Nature's beauty. Hiking Great Smoky Mountains National Park One of the best-known and most-read-about families in Southern Appalachia is that of Dolly Parton. Fans will enjoy Smoky Mountain Memories: Stories from the Hearts of the Parton Family Return to Knoxville Business from Knoxville Books and Authors 
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, a Confederate Captain in Company I, 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Voices of the Civil War Series)
is a nice guide to those trails.
