The Tennesee, in Two Volumes: The Old River: Frontier to Secession; The New River: Civil War to TVA (The Rivers of America Series)

x, 342; viii, 377, [1] pp. 8vo. Illustrated by Theresa Sherrer Davidson, two panel map precedes text of first volume. Volume 1: "A social and regional history of the Tennessee River to Secession examines legend and describes the lifestyle of Cherokees, frontiersmen, traders, boatmen, and settlers." Volume 2: "From the landing of Federal troops at the Tennessee-Ohio confluence to the new river of the TVA, whose dams 'stand athwart the valley in Egyptian impassivity,' this volume completes the story of the transformation of a river and of the culture it nourished."