All four reprints are softcover and are priced at $19.95.
Hardcover editions will be available in the near future.
- Beifuss, Joan Turner At the River I Stand
St. Luke's Press, 1990 - Revised trade edition of the history of the Memphis Sanitation Workers strike and the events surrounding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Based on Ms. Beifuss' work with the Memphis Search for Meaning Committee. 479 pages. Bibliography, notes, photographs.
ISBN 0-918518-80-6 $19.95 - Capers, Gerald M. The Biography of a River Town
1966 edition - History of Memphis from Indian days through the early 20th Century. The only complete modern history of the city, by a professional historian. 318 pages. Illustrations, bibliography, index.
ISBN 0-937130-09-5 $17.95 OUT OF PRINT
Signed edition of 100 copies-
ISBN 0-937130-10-9 $27.95 OUT OF PRINT - Church, Annette E. & Church, Roberta The Robert R. Churches of Memphis: A Father and Son Who Achieved in Spite of Race Original 1974 edition
- The biography of Mr. Church, Sr. and Mr. Church, Jr., two of the great black leaders of Memphis. The Senior Mr. Church, of whom John Overton, Jr. said "Your name will live in Memphis long after you have crossed the river...", rose from slavery to become the founder of the first African-American bank in Memphis and owner of extensive real estate holdings and businesses. The Junior Mr. Church founded the Lincoln League to register and educate voters despite vicious opposition by the general public and Organized the NAACP in Memphis and in Tennessee. He was a dedicated political leader for more than four decades. 322 pages. Index, bibliography & illustrations.
ISBN 0-937130-13-3 $15.00 - Clarkson, Charles Ervine A Rose of Old Virginia
Original Printing of 1927 - "A romance of the Old South and the War Between the States." Story of one family in the Shenandoah Valley before & during the Civil War.59 pages.
ISBN 0-937130-11-7 $6.00 - Harris, John Brice From Old Mobile to Fort Assumption
Original printing of 1959 - History of the unsuccessful struggle of the French to colonize Louisiana Territory in the 17th & 18th centuries, in the Mississippi Valley & Chickasaw Indian Territory. 139 pages. Maps.
ISBN 0-937130-00-1 $8.00 - Haywood, John The Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee, from its Earliest Settlement Up to the Year 1796; Including the Boundaries of the State.
\par Arno Press, 1971 (Photographic reprint of the 1823 edition) - This would be your best bet if you're not quite willing to pay the $3-5000 for the first edition but would like to read this classic of Tennessee history. 504 pages.
ISBN 0-405-02851-2 $25.00 - Keating, J.M. & Vedder, O.F. History of the City of Memphis and Shelby County Tennessee
2 volume reprint of the 1888 edition - The authoritative history of Memphis up to 1888, with biographical sketches of many prominent Memphians of the '80's, by two noted local journalists.1397 pages combined. Boxed Limited Set. Photographs.
ISBN 0-937130-05-2 OUT OF PRINT - Lee, David D. Tennessee in Turmoil: Politics in the Volunteer State, 1920-1932
Memphis State University, 1979 - Documents the shifting balance of power during this tumultuous period, especially focussing on the spreading power of Edward Hull Crump and his political machine.204 pages.Appendices, tables, bibliography & index.
ISBN 0-87870-048-x $15.00 - Patten, Cartter Signal Mountain and Walden's Ridge
Original 1976 edition - History of East Tennessee site of several Civil War battles, with geology, pioneer history, local legends. History of the town of Signal Mountain. 76 pages. Photographs.
ISBN 0-937130-03-6 $14.00 - Robuck, J.E. My Own Personal Experience and Observation as a Soldier in the Confederate Army During the Civil War, 1861- 1865, Also During the Period of Reconstruction
Reprint of the 1911 edition - Personal narrative of a member of Company A, 29th Mississippi regiment, with a history of the Ku Klux Klan, up to its disbandment in 1869. 136 pages.
ISBN 0-937130-03-6 $14.00 - Roper, James E. The Founding of Memphis 1818-1820
\par original 1970 printing - Month-by-Month account of the establishment of the town of Memphis, by a professor of history and former West Tennessee Historical Association President. 100 pages. maps. Bibliography.
ISBN 0-937130-07-9 $17.00 - Sigafoos, Robert Cotton Row to Beale Street: A Business History of Memphis
Memphis State University, 1979 - A far-reaching history of the city couched in economic terms by the author of the best-selling Absolutely, Positively Overnight. 384 pages. Index, bibliography, notes, tables, photographs.
ISBN 0-87870-068-4 $23.95 OUT OF PRINT - Smith, Arlo I. A Guide to the Wildflowers of the Mid-South: West Tennessee into Central Arkansas and South Through Alabama into East Texas
Memphis State University, 1979 - The definitive guide for this part of the country, by noted Professor and ecologist Smith. His laurels would require a field guide unto themselves in order to note them all, suffice it to say that he is eminently qualified.281 pages. Index, bibliography, photographs.
ISBN 0-87870-076 $19.95 - Spicer, David edited by Raccoon 24/25:The Tenth Anniversary Edition
Ion Books/Raccoon, May 1987 - This celebratory issue of the Memphis literary magazine Raccoon demonstrates in microcosm the things which made that periodical an important part of the Southern literary scene. This issue includes a wide range of local and national talent which demonstrates the magazine's commitment to choosing talent over name value (though there are many names here as well). 352 pages.
ISSN 0148-0162 $4.98 - Stern, Steve illustrated by K. King Gillis Hershel & The Beast
Ion Books, 1987 - A rare childrens offering from novelist, short story writer, and former Memphian Stern (who now teaches writing at Skidmore college). It tells the story of Hershel Schumpf, "not a very handsome young boy" and his intentional transformation into a monkey so that he can remain with his best friend, Mr. Twinkl the organ grinder.
ISBN 0-938507-05-2 $2.98 - Strain, Dr. Samuel Frederick From the Nolichucky to Memphis: Reminiscences of a Tennessee Doctor
Memphis State University, 1979 - Volume Two of the University's 20th Century Reminiscence Series, it follows the career of Dr. Strain and offers an unique first person narrative of the events which have shaped twentieth century Tennessee. 232 pages. ISBN 0-87870-0641 $17.50
- Vaughan, Alfred J. Personal Record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, C.S.A.
Reprint of the 1897 edition - Narrative of the unit's history, by its founder & commander, with rosters. 95 pages.
ISBN 0-937130-01-X $14.00
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