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- Cherokee/Native
American
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___Beloved Mother $19.68
- by Charlotte Jane Ellington: The
story of Nancy Ward.
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- ___Cherokee Americans $14.95
- by John R. Finger: The first
comprehensive account of the tribal remnant that avoided
removal and remained in North Carolina.
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- ___Cherokee Removal $19.91
- Edited by William L. Anderson:
Prominent scholars address such topics as Cherokee
politics, class structure, population losses and
long-term problems following relocation.
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- ___Footsteps of the Cherokees $21.38
- by Vicki Rozema: A guide the the
eastern homelands of the Cherokee nation.
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- ___James Mooney's History, Myths and Sacred
Formulas of the Cherokee $20.77
- The full texts by James Mooney as
originally published by the Bureau of American Ethnology
in 1891 and 1900.
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- ___Indian Doctor $4.82
- Nature's method of curing and
preventing disease.
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- ___Nancy Ward and Dragging Canoe $12.72
- by Pat Alderman: Nancy Ward became an
advocate of peace and her cousin Dragging Canoe became
the patriot savage warrior.
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- ___Sequoyah $19.68
- by Jane Shumate: Chronicles the life
of the creator of the Cherokee system of
writing.
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- ___Snowbird Cherokees $20.77
- by Sharlotte Neely: A remote North
Carolina mountain community of Cherokees regarded
simultaneously as the most traditional and most adaptive
members of the entire tribe.
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- ___Southern Indian Myths and Legends
$17.12
- by Virginia Pounds Brown and Laurella
Owens: 59 tales by the Indians themselves that tell us
about their beliefs, traditions and history.
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- ___Tennessee's Indian Peoples $8.38
- by Ronald N. Satz: Tells how
Cherokees, Chicksaws, Creeks, Shawnees and others lived
and the eventual destruction of their
societies.
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- ___The Cherokee $13.41
- by Theda Perdue: Provides a balanced
account of the history of relations between Indians and
whites and challenges may still-prevalent myths and
stereotypes.
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- ___The Cherokees - Past and Present $4.59
- by J. Ed. Sharpe: An authentic guide
to the Cherokee people.
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- ___Tribes that Slumber $21.85
- by Thomas M.N. Lewis and Madeline
Kneberg: Indians of the Tennessee Region.
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- Herbal Lore
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- ___American Folk Medicine $14.27
- by Clarence Meyer: The most complete
collection of time-tested home remedies from herbs,
simple kitchen products, vegetables and
fruits.
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- ___Backyard Medicine Chest $16.43
- by Douglas Schar: A herbal
primer.
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- ___Herbalist Almanac $14.27
- by Clarence Meyer: A 50 year
anthology.
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- ___Old Ways Rediscovered $11.87
- by Clarence Meyer: Valuable recipes
and information collected by three egnerations of an
American family
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__The Foraging Gourmet $20.76
- by Katie Letcher Lyle: Perfect
companion for hikers, camper or anyone who enjoys eating
the food of the earth.
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- Miscellaneous
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- ___Mary Surrat An American Tragedy $32.67
- by Elizabeth Steger Trindal: In its
grief over the death of President Lincoln, did America
condemn an innocent woman to death?
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- ___Beyond the Blue Line $15.17
- by Joe D. Guy: Collection of stories
from law enforcement.
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- Regional
History
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- ___Civil War Ghosts $15.28
- Edited by Martin Harry Greenberg,
Frank McSherry, Jr. and Charles G. Waugh: John Jakes,
Ambrose Pierce and other great American writers remember
the war in which everyone took sides - even the
dead.
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- ___Coker Creek $13.87
- by Fred Brown: Crossroads to
history.
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- ___Ducktown Back in Raht's Time $21.36
- by R.E. Barcley . The growth and
development of the copper mining industry.
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- ___Franklin: Stillborn State $5.08
- by Dave Foster: The Sevier/Tipton
political feud.
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- ___Indian Summer $25.15
- by Joe D. Guy: The siege and fall of
Fort Loudoun.
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- ___Mountain Spirits $23.55
- by Joseph E. Dabney: A chronicle of
corn whiskey from King James' Ulster Plantation to
America's Appalachians.
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- ___My Melungeon Heritage $16.43
- by Mattie Ruth Johnson: A story of
life on Newman's Ridge.
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- ___Paths of the Ancients ...Appalachia
$28.34
- by Kenneth Murray: Myths, legends and
landscapes of the Southern Highlands.
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- ___The Railroad Comes to Ducktown $21.36
- by R.E. Barclay. Developments leading
to a railroad through the muntains to revive the copper
mining industry.
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- ___Scots-Irish in the Hills of Tennessee
$19.95
- by Billy Kennedy: Absorbing story of
a race a people who created civilization in a
wilderness.
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- ___Starr Tracks $10.10
- by Phillip W. Steele: Look behind the
myths to discover the story of two of the most colorful
characters of America's old West.
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- ___Tennessee: Territory to Statehood
$7.12
- by Dave Foster: 1790 to 1796 when
Tennessee was known as the Southwest
Territory.
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- ___The Copper Basin 1890-1963 $21.36
- by R.E. Barclay. The Copper Basin
blossoms after the railroad revives the copper mining
industry.
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- ___The Bell Witch $12.56
- by Charles Bailey Bell, a
descendant.
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- ___The Melungeons $12.49
- by Bonnie Ball: Objectively traces
the roots of one of America's more obscure peoples who
were not black, white or Indian.
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- ___The Old Home Place $15.00
- by Thurman Parish. Mountain life in
the land currently owned by the Cherokee National Forest
in Polk County.
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- ___Torment in the Knobs $29.42
- by R. Frank McKinney: The story of
Mason Evans who hid out for 40 years in the caves of
Starr Mountain
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- Cookbooks
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- ___Food for Thought $16.43
- Edited by Cheryl Maxwell: Collection
of recipes taken from recipe editions of the Polk County
News.
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- ___Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery
$25.10
- by Linda Garland Page and Eliot
Wigginton: Unpretentious, delectable recipes combined
with the wit and wisdom of those who have prepared them
for generations.
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- ___Real Southern Gems $15.86
- by Katherine Moore Barber: Recipes,
musings and remedies from the Old South.
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- Recreation
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- ___Appalachian Trail Backpacker $14.49
- by Victoria and Frank Logue:
Trail-proven hikes of any length.
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- ___Best of Appalachian Trail Day Hikes
$19.05
- by Victoria and Frank Logue: If you
love to backpack, but you can only get out on a trail a
few weekends a year this book is for you.
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- ___Great Smokey Mountains Wildflowers
$15.58
- by Robert Hutson, William Hutson and
Aaron Sharp: Full-color guide to wildflowers of the
region.
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- ___Taking the Ocoee Challenge $6.62
- by Ron Clayton: A historical account
of the river with details about the rapids, rafts and
guides.
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- ___Touring the East Tennessee Backroads
$21.85
- by Carolyn Sakowski: Written for
vacationers and armchair travelers alike, captures rich
history of a colorful region.
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- ___Wilderness Trails of the Cherokee National
Forest $20.69
- Edited by William H. Skelton: Written
by the harvey Broome Group of the Tennessee chapter of
the Sierra club.
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