Lost Memphis

Lost Series

by Laura Cunningham

Memphis is a city founded on some of the great vestiges of our past. City staples such as steamboats, cotton plantations and exchange centers, relics symbolic of the city's rich industrial and agrarian legacy, have either been forgotten or completely lost. Every city, especially one as thoroughly modern as Memphis, naturally loses even the more recent aspects of its past through growth and expansion. Join Memphian and library historian Laura Cunningham as she unearths the lost hallmarks of Memphis, from the city's earliest beginnings to the present. Filled with rare and archival images that range from whimsical to haunting, Lost Memphis provides a glimpse into the vanished landmarks and bygone ways of life that once defined the city. Though the people and places featured in Lost Memphis are gone, this collection of compelling photos ensures that they will never be truly lost to history.

Genres: Nonfiction

163 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 5, 2010

Reviews

[Carla · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very good history of many things in the city of Memphis that have either been lost or completely forgotten. I would have liked more writing, however, to go along with the wonderful photographs.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved all of the old black and white photographs, and even learned a thing or two about Beale Street.