Books & Booklets

Price includes tax and postage.

Booklets from the Polk County News ...

___A Look Back $5
A delightful compilation of advertisements from the 1920s and 1930s.
 
___Blizzard of 1993, $7
Stories and pictures from the great blizzard.
 
___Copper Basin Overview, $5
Brief history of the growth and development of the copper mining community around Ducktown & Copperhill. Historic photos
 
___Tribute to Copper Miners, $7
A salute to the men who mined copper ore for most of the 20th Century. Includes list of copper miners. Lots of pictures.
 
___From Ore to Acid, $4
Description of the process used to manufacture sulfuric acid from copper ore.
 
___Polk County Scrapbook Vol. 1, $7
___Polk County Scrapbook Vol. 2, $7
Stories from the history of Polk County on the occasion of its 150th birthday in 1989
 
___Polk County High School, $4
Special tabloid produced to celebrate the school's 75th anniversary. Includes complete list of graduates through 1988
 
___Haskins Family & Reliance (spiral bound) $15
Ancestors & descendants of Joseph Calvins Haskins & Harriet Dorinda Cloud/Haskins compiled by Bill Lillard. Early Reliance families. Lots of pictures.

 

___Polk County: From Mound Builder to Astronaut, $5
Millennium edition of the Polk County News, looking back at a thousand years of history with stories and photos.
 
___Olympic Scrapbook, $4
Tabloid detailing how the Olympic whitewater slalom events came to Polk County's Ocoee River in 1996.
 
___Confederate History of Polk County, $7
Written by A.J. Williams
 
___Civil War Diary, $5
G.W. Clemmer recounts his experiences.
 
___Nancy Ward, $5
The story of the Beloved Woman of the Cherokee written by historian Ben Harris McClary.
 
___Sagetown, $5
Tales from this small farming community
 
___Flood of 1990, $5
Stories and pictures from the flood that devastated Copperhill.
 
___Conasauga, (spiral bound) $11.50
Complete history of this significant logging community and the Conasauga River Lumber Company. Lots of pictures, including reunion.
 
___Higdon Family, (spiral bound) $11.50
Ancestors and descendents of Thomas Higdon, compiled by his great-grandson, Bill Lillard

Books from the Benton Book Mart ...

 
Cherokee/Native American
 

___Beloved Mother $19.68

by Charlotte Jane Ellington: The story of Nancy Ward.
 
___Cherokee Americans $14.95
by John R. Finger: The first comprehensive account of the tribal remnant that avoided removal and remained in North Carolina.
 
___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.
 
___Footsteps of the Cherokees $21.38
by Vicki Rozema: A guide the the eastern homelands of the Cherokee nation.
 
___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.
 
___Indian Doctor $4.82
Nature's method of curing and preventing disease.
 
___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.
 
___Sequoyah $19.68
by Jane Shumate: Chronicles the life of the creator of the Cherokee system of writing.
 
___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.
 
___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.
 
___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.
 
___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.
 
___The Cherokees - Past and Present $4.59
by J. Ed. Sharpe: An authentic guide to the Cherokee people.
 
___Tribes that Slumber $21.85
by Thomas M.N. Lewis and Madeline Kneberg: Indians of the Tennessee Region.
 
Herbal Lore
 
___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.
 
___Backyard Medicine Chest $16.43
by Douglas Schar: A herbal primer.
 
___Herbalist Almanac $14.27
by Clarence Meyer: A 50 year anthology.
 
___Old Ways Rediscovered $11.87
by Clarence Meyer: Valuable recipes and information collected by three egnerations of an American family
 

__The Foraging Gourmet $20.76

by Katie Letcher Lyle: Perfect companion for hikers, camper or anyone who enjoys eating the food of the earth.
 
Miscellaneous
 
___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?
 
___Beyond the Blue Line $15.17
by Joe D. Guy: Collection of stories from law enforcement.
 
Regional History
 
___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.
 
___Coker Creek $13.87
by Fred Brown: Crossroads to history.
 
___Ducktown Back in Raht's Time $21.36
by R.E. Barcley . The growth and development of the copper mining industry.
 
___Franklin: Stillborn State $5.08
by Dave Foster: The Sevier/Tipton political feud.
 
___Indian Summer $25.15
by Joe D. Guy: The siege and fall of Fort Loudoun.
 
___Mountain Spirits $23.55
by Joseph E. Dabney: A chronicle of corn whiskey from King James' Ulster Plantation to America's Appalachians.
 
___My Melungeon Heritage $16.43
by Mattie Ruth Johnson: A story of life on Newman's Ridge.
 
___Paths of the Ancients ...Appalachia $28.34
by Kenneth Murray: Myths, legends and landscapes of the Southern Highlands.
 
___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.
 
___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.
 
___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.
 
___Tennessee: Territory to Statehood $7.12
by Dave Foster: 1790 to 1796 when Tennessee was known as the Southwest Territory.
 
___The Copper Basin 1890-1963 $21.36
by R.E. Barclay. The Copper Basin blossoms after the railroad revives the copper mining industry.
 
___The Bell Witch $12.56
by Charles Bailey Bell, a descendant.
 
___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.
 
___The Old Home Place $15.00
by Thurman Parish. Mountain life in the land currently owned by the Cherokee National Forest in Polk County.
 
___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
 
Cookbooks
 
___Food for Thought $16.43
Edited by Cheryl Maxwell: Collection of recipes taken from recipe editions of the Polk County News.
 
___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.
 
___Real Southern Gems $15.86
by Katherine Moore Barber: Recipes, musings and remedies from the Old South.
 
Recreation
 
___Appalachian Trail Backpacker $14.49
by Victoria and Frank Logue: Trail-proven hikes of any length.
 
___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.
 
___Great Smokey Mountains Wildflowers $15.58
by Robert Hutson, William Hutson and Aaron Sharp: Full-color guide to wildflowers of the region.
 
___Taking the Ocoee Challenge $6.62
by Ron Clayton: A historical account of the river with details about the rapids, rafts and guides.
 
___Touring the East Tennessee Backroads $21.85
by Carolyn Sakowski: Written for vacationers and armchair travelers alike, captures rich history of a colorful region.
 
___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.