On This Day in Memphis History
Nonfiction, Travel, Pictorials, Art & Architecture, Photography, History
| Author: | G. Wayne Dowdy | ISBN: | 9781625845917 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. | Publication: | March 18, 2014 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | G. Wayne Dowdy |
| ISBN: | 9781625845917 |
| Publisher: | Arcadia Publishing Inc. |
| Publication: | March 18, 2014 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
Far more than blues and barbecue, Memphis culture has evolved one day at a time. Author G. Wayne Dowdy pins an exact date to a host of important, quirky and forgotten events in the history of Tennessee's largest city--an entertaining footnote for each day of the year. Earth, Wind and Fire founder Maurice White entered the world in a Memphis hospital on December 19, 1941. On January 15, 1877, a severe thunderstorm mysteriously left the city covered in snakes. On December 31, 1902, a resident was murdered on Main Street after taunting a Native American named Creeping Bear. A day or a month at a time, enjoy a year of entertaining River City blasts from the past.
Far more than blues and barbecue, Memphis culture has evolved one day at a time. Author G. Wayne Dowdy pins an exact date to a host of important, quirky and forgotten events in the history of Tennessee's largest city--an entertaining footnote for each day of the year. Earth, Wind and Fire founder Maurice White entered the world in a Memphis hospital on December 19, 1941. On January 15, 1877, a severe thunderstorm mysteriously left the city covered in snakes. On December 31, 1902, a resident was murdered on Main Street after taunting a Native American named Creeping Bear. A day or a month at a time, enjoy a year of entertaining River City blasts from the past.
