Forgotten Tales of Tennessee

Forgotten Tales

by Kelly Kazek, Kyle McQueen (Illustrations)

Tennessee has never been a stranger to strangeness.
Stories of the weird, wild, and wonderful abound in the Volunteer state. Join author and seasoned journalist Kelly Kazek as she tracks down the extraordinary stories that other history books overlook. Each section covers a different outlandish theme of Tennessee history colorful characters, strange sites, intriguing incidents, tombstone tales, odd occurrences, and curious creatures. Readers will discover the brilliant phenomenon of synchronized firefly flashes in the Smoky Mountain town of Elmont, take on the world's largest Moon Pie in Chattanooga and learn Tennessee's history of damaging earthquakes. From the humorous to the haunting, the madcap to the macabre, Forgotten Tales of Tennessee offers a collection as remarkable as the state itself.

Genres: History

195 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 4, 2011

About the author

Kelly Kazek, born in Georgia and raised in Alabama, is an award-winning journalist and author who writes about Southern culture for It’s a Southern Thing. She now writes only books but in her 36-year career in journalism, she was an editor, columnist, and reporter.
She is the author of numerous children’s picture books for It’s a Southern Thing, including "Y is for Y’all: A Book of Southern ABCs." She has also authored "It's a Southern Thing: Life's Different Here Y'all", and numerous other humor books.
In 2022, she received the top award for humor writing by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists.
In April 2023, she was honored, along with the illustrators, by the BookFest Awards for her books "Y is for Y'all" and "Southern Thesaurus."
She lives near Huntsville, Alabama.
To invite her to speak or host a book signing, contact her at kkazek@southernthing.com or find more info at kellykazek@kellykazek.com.

Reviews

[Sally Kilpatrick]

Lots of plot possums in here...

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pros: Some stories were mildly amusing (i.e. tombstone in Memphis National Cemetery reads "In the end procrastination ceases")

Cons: Have your search engine handy because very little detail is provided.

[Vicki Chapman · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Good book, enjoy the stories as well as the history. I got this book to look up some history in TN, lived here most all my life. I'm a Paranormal investigator for the Paranormal Investigators of The South. Thanks for a good read!

[Dee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the stories and now I plan on visiting some of these places.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a neat book with lots of short stories about Tennessee. Some of these I was familiar with or at least knew the locations. My home county's yearly goat festival even gets a mention.