Tennessee is one in the third series of AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL books. This book is divided into 9 chapters before the projects, timeline, glossary, fast facts, biographical dictionary, and resources found at the vary back of the text.The nine chapters include: 1- Land, 2- First People, 3- Exploration and Settlement, 4- Growth and Change, 5- More Modern Times, 6-People, 7- Government, 8- Economy, and 9- Travel Guide.

There is a great combination of vivid detail and a dense, concise overview of facts and information on Tennessee*. Tennessee’s history is a microcosm of the early history of eastern North America / United States. I found it interesting to read about this area in time in relation to one of the thirteen colonies. Tennessee is unique in having had the State of Franklin, the Watauga Association, the Trail of Tears, and the Civil Rights Movement’s death of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Author Barbara A. Somervill’s prose flowed keeping my attention to the end of the paragraph, before venturing off to read the added side bars.

* contributed by T.K. Owens