A History Lover's Guide to Memphis & Shelby County

A History Lover's Guide to Memphis & Shelby County
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : 9781439669402
ISBN-13 : 1439669406
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Book Synopsis A History Lover's Guide to Memphis & Shelby County by : Bill Patton

Download or read book A History Lover's Guide to Memphis & Shelby County written by Bill Patton and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tour of Memphis goes well beyond the traditional guidebook to offer a historical journey through the Home of the Blues. Explore the city's African American heritage from Church Park to beautiful Mason Temple, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final, prophetic speech. Visit Court Square, where a young Thomas Edison delighted children and adults with his popular invention: the cockroach shocker. Discover hidden gems like the nineteenth-century dueling grounds on the banks of the Mississippi and a charming Depression-era country store. From Beale Street to the bluffs, author Bill Patton traces the incomparable history of Memphis.


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