U. of Tennessee Press

Lincoln Memorial University and the shaping of Appalachia.

Tennessee's Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) was founded in 1897 by former Union General Oliver Otis Howard in order to help disadvantaged Appalachian youth and reward the descendents of Union loyalists in the region. In this book, author Hess, chair of the history department at LMU, offers a narrative history of the school and uses its history to look at wider issues in Appalachian scholarship. The book examines LMU's innovative work-learn program, which allowed poor students to pay tuition with campus jobs, and probes the influence of early 20th century industrial capitalism on Appalachia and on LMU. The student strike of 1930 and the university's repository of Lincolniana are also explored. B&w historical photos are included. The book is of interest to students, alumni, and friends of the university, as well as scholars of Appalachian culture and East Tennessee history. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

Refugitta of Richmond; the wartime recollections, grave and gay, of Constance Cary Harrison.

Hughes Jr. (American Civil War author and editor) and Rushing (history, U. of Tennessee at Chattanooga) reintroduce the writing of Constance Cary Harrison (1843-1920) and her first-person account of the collapse of the Confederacy. Harrison was the wife of the personal secretary of President Jefferson Davis. Although equal in literary merit to the writings of other noted women of the era, her memoirs were all but lost when printing was discontinued after the initial 1916 publication. The book includes an introduction and extensive annotations by the editors. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)