| Tennessee Trivia Contributor(s): Nolan, Joseph (Author), Wojna, Lisa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1926700260 ISBN-13: 9781926700267 Publisher: Blue Bike Books OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Trivia |
| Dewey: 976.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 8.2" (0.50 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Tennessee |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From coffee empires to music royalty, architectural wonders to nature's finest, Tennessee has a lot to show. With fascinating and downright weird people, places and events, learn what makes Tennessee, well, Tennessee: * The Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis is famous for the ducks that live on its roof; every day a ''Duckmaster'' escorts the ducks from the hotel's roof, down the elevator and into the fountain in the hotel's lobby * Move over, Nashville The U.S. Congress deemed the official birthplace of country music to be Bristol, a tiny town in the northeast corner of the state * Elvis Presley's mother, father, grandmother and the King himself are buried at Graceland, Elvis Presley's Memphis home * Sweetwater is the location of the Lost Sea, the largest underground lake in America; its total size has been a mystery since its discovery over 100 years ago * The skeleton of a saber-toothed tiger discovered beneath downtown Nashville in 1971 was the inspiration for the Nashville Predators mascot, ''Gnash'' * And so much more... |