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Join travel writer and true Nashvillian Margaret Littman for an unforgettable experience. With her unique perspective and advice you can trust, Moon Tennessee has everything you need to know to have a more personal and memorable experience. Moon Tennessee tells you what you need to know to plan the perfect trip for you. Sample authentic Southern cuisine like barbecue and hot chicken, visit historical sites like Civil War memorials, and explore the great outdoors in the Great Smoky Mountains....

Moon Spotlight Memphis is an 80-page compact guide covering the ins and outs of Memphis. Tennessee native Susanna Henighan Potter offers her firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, and sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, and transportation. Helpful maps guide travelers through this musical mecca. This Spotlight guidebook is excerpted from Moon...

Packed with lakes, rolling hills, and rugged bluffs, The Best in Tent Camping: Kentucky profiles the best campgrounds in the Bluegrass State. Whether it s camping in well-known destinations such as Mammoth Cave or the Daniel Boone National Forest or enjoying hidden gems such as the campsites at Wax, the scenery will not fail to please the eye. From Kingdom Come State Park with its incredible mountain views to Land Between the Lakes, a national recreation area, Kentucky spells paradise for tent c...

Join travel writer and true Nashvillian Margaret Littman for an unforgettable experience. With her unique perspective and advice you can trust, Moon Tennessee has everything you need to know to have a more personal and memorable experience. Moon Tennessee tells you what you need to know to plan the perfect trip for you. Sample authentic Southern cuisine like barbecue and hot chicken, visit historical sites like Civil War memorials, and explore the great outdoors in the Great Smoky Mountains. Al...

Land Between the Lakes Recreation Area lies in western Kentucky and Tennessee, between two huge lakes formed by dams on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers.Some 170,000 acres bounded by 300 miles of shoreline, Land Between the Lakes is blessed with a rich variety of plant and animal life. Conceived and administrated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, it is a unique recreational experiment which has drawn admiring visitors from around the world. Frank E. Smith, director of TVA, tells the story o...

Hiking Waterfalls Alabama includes detailed hike descriptions, maps, and color photos for approximately 50 of the most scenic waterfall hikes in the area. Hike descriptions also include history, local trivia, and GPS coordinates. Hiking Waterfalls Alabama will take you through state and national parks, forests, monuments and wilderness areas, and from popular city parks to the most remote and secluded corners of the area to view the most spectacular waterfalls. Features * Hikes suited to every...

The Kentucky State penitentiary opened its heavy iron gates to the condemned over 100 years ago-yet many of them, long deceased, still walk its corridors. Noted paranormal researcher Steve E. Asher provides true, first-hand accounts of the paranormal as well as his own personal experiences at the state's most violent, controversial-and haunted-prison. He uncovers the shocking testimonies of the men and women who have actually worked behind the prison walls and their encounters with the spirits...

A lyrical and expertly illustrated presentation of the plants, animals, insects, and natural environment that emerge between dusk and dawn.

With 500,000 acres of land, it's hard to know where to start in this majestic national park. This fully updated edition of the popular guide eases the process for novice and veteran hikers alike. Comprehensive and compact, the book profiles 31 day-hikes, both one-way and loop, and 10 overnight hikes. Each profile includes a detailed description, maps and trailhead directions, and a trail summary that rates the difficulty, solitude, and scenery of each hike while outlining significant sites along...

The image that Jane Rule's book both begins and ends on is haunting precisely because it captures the past that's always lurking within the Delta's present. There is something surreal, almost Kafkaesque on display here. A farmer with his back to us drives a tractor straight ahead on a lonely dirt road. Big woods loom on the left. On the right, at the edge of a field of cotton, a grey-clad horseman moves in the opposite direction, a ghost returning to history.""--Steve Yarbrough, from the introdu...

With more than fifty distilleries in the state, bourbon is as synonymous with Kentucky as horses and basketball. As one of the commonwealth's signature industries, bourbon distilling has influenced the landscape and heritage of the region for more than two centuries. Blending several topics -- tax revenue, railroads, the mechanics of brewing, geography, landscapes, and architecture -- this primer and geographical guide presents a detailed history of the development of Kentucky's distilling indus...