Knoxville Books and Knoxville Authors

Due to its rich Appalachian history, Knoxville books and Knoxville authors have both enjoyed literary praise and fam

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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

Knoxville History Books and Authors

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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, a Confederate Captain in Company I, 59th Tennessee Mounted Infantry (Voices of the Civil War Series)

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 Authors

James 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 Knoxville

The 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-fiction

Dr. 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 Tennessee

Phillip 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 Park

The 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 is a nice guide to those trails.

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