Description: A photographic retracing of the journey that ended in the founding of Nashville, with essays from voices often on the periphery of popular history
Brief description: Albert Bender is a Cherokee activist, historian, political columnist, and reporter.
Review Quotes: "This is an angle on Tennessee's history that is rarely seen or taught. Although we are, thank goodness, currently in a phase when many--or at least some vocal thinkers--question just how great the 'great men' of local history really were and hold their actions under a critical microscope, we still rarely venture into truly considering the experiences of the lesser known or marginalized people of Tennessee's past. Discussion of the ripple effects of past actions on the present landscape rarely ventures beyond politics or the broadest strokes of race relations. This book lives fully in that space."
--Nina Cardona, WPLN, Nashville Public Radio