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Discover Alabama's curious underside with this oddly entertaining little guide! Travelers with a taste for the bizarre, tacky, and hilarious can visit the Coon Dog Cemetery, learn about the cattle-mutilation mystery, view the world's largest boll weevil, and sip Kudzu Tea. Only a true Southerner could capture the essence of these and other authentic Alabama phenomena, and Andy Duncan does his home state proud.
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He was Sam Clemens, steamboat pilot, before he was Mark Twain, famous author. His better-known name originated with the lingo of navigation, and much of his writing was informed by his shipboard adventures on one of the world's great rivers. In this classic of American literature, Twain offers lively recollections ranging from his salad days as a novice pilot to views from the passenger deck in the twilight of the river culture's heyday. Under the...
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""Sean of the South" Sean Dietrich is known for his stories of steel workers, small towns and trusty bloodhounds, but most of all, the small, everyday evidences of true good in the world. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? is his story - told for the first time - of love, loss, and the unlikely hope that we're gonna be alright"--
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"This Is My South inspires the reader to explore the Southern States--Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia--like never before. No other guide pulls together these states into one book in quite this way with a fresh perspective on can't-miss landmarks, off the beaten path gems, tours for every interest, unique places to sleep, and classic restaurants. So come see for yourself...
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Get the New Edition of Alabama's Best-Selling Bird Guide
Learn to identify birds in Alabama and make bird-watching even more enjoyable. With Stan Tekiela's famous field guide, bird identification is simple and informative. There's no need to look through dozens of photos of birds that don't live in your area. This book features 146 species of Alabama birds organized by color for ease of use. Do you see a yellow bird and don't know what it is? Go...
6) To Nashville
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Nashville offers extraordinary opportunities for those either visiting or seeking to relocate to this country music mecca. “Insiders' Guide to Nashville” is packed with information on the best attractions, restaurants, accommodations, shopping and events from the perspective of one who knows the area well.
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Drawing insight from many former players, coaches, and others directly tied to the storied and revered football program of Auburn University, this resource for fans places firsthand accounts alongside essential team history for a one-of-a-kind guide to Tigers football. With more than a century of history, two National Championship victories, and three Heisman Trophy winners distilled into the greatest highlights, the book serves as the ultimate compendium...
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This fascinating volume contains the memoirs of William Alexander Percy, who was born and raised in Mississippi and witnessed the social changes at the turn of the century. 'Lanterns on the Levee' is his memorial to the South within which he describes life in the Mississippi Delta, during the time between the semi-feudal South of the 1800s and the uncertain South of the early 1940s. This is a book that will be of much value to anyone with an interest...
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From Music City to the Home of the Blues, Frommer's EasyGuide to Nashville and Memphis has everything you need for a tuneful, tasty, and enriching trip to these Tennessee titans of American music. In this concise, up-to-date guide, local expert Ashley Brantley leads readers through palaces of country like the Grand Ole Opry and Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, as well as the Beale Street clubs in Memphis where the blues and rock were born-stopping along...
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Tired of the same old tourist traps?
Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, Alabama Off the Beaten Path shows you the Yellowhammer State you never knew existed.
• Uncover the roots of the civil rights movement at the Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery
• Tour the state's network of limestone caves, like Cathedral Caverns in Woodville
• Soak up the sun on the sugar-white sands of Alabama's Gulf Shores. So, if you've...
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For more than twenty years, the “Insiders' Guide” series has been the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information-from true insiders whose personal, practical perspective gives you everything you need to know.
The Great Smoky Mountains and their environs have been one of America's most popular vacation destinations for more than half a century-and for good reason. From the awe-inspiring natural beauty and peaceful tranquility...
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Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, let Kentucky Off the Beaten Path show you the Bluegrass State you never knew existed.
Soothe your ailments and your hunger with the healing properties of poke at the Poke Sallet Festival; take an expedition through Walt Whitman's "vale of the Elkhorn" in a canoe; or stay in your own personal concrete teepee in Cave City.
Visit the incredible...
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If you're a developer or business owner whose market has become saturated and overly competitive, you might be considering expanding or relocating to a new market. But not just any market-you want a thriving city with a strong economic foundation and a pipeline of talented young creatives that boasts headquarters for some of the world's largest companies. In other words, you want a city like Nashville, Tennessee.
In Climbing the Charts: The Ascent...
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Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you're a visitor or a local looking for something different, let Alabama Off the Beaten Path show you the Alabama you never knew existed. Go spelunking and discover stalagmitic formations at Cathedral Caverns. Take a walk through history at Fort Morgan then hop the Mobile Bay Ferry for Fort Gaines. Rejoice if you are a fan of Hank Williams and follow the country music legend through the Alabama Music Hall...
15) Birmingham
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Your Travel Destination. Your Home. Your Home-To-Be.
Birmingham
Festivals. Architectural gems. Green spaces. Friendly faces. The Magic City. A special kind of place. • A personal, practical perspective for travelers and residents alike
• Comprehensive listings of attractions, restaurants, and accommodations
• How to live & thrive in the area-from recreation to relocation
• Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children's...
16) Louisville
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Insiders' Guide to Louisville is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to this storied Kentucky city. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective of Louisville and its surrounding environs.
17) To Memphis
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Is Memphis on your list of possible places to relocate or visit? You'll find this practical guide an essential resource for comprehensive information about this fast-growing city. Local author Rebecca Finlayson offers an unbiased perspective of Memphis and the area around it. Four maps and 30 black-and-white photographs complete the coverage.
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Mississippi Off the Beaten Path features the things travelers and locals want to see and experience——if only they knew about them. From the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales, Mississippi Off the Beaten Path takes the reader down the road less traveled and reveals a side of Mississippi that other guidebooks just don't offer.
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Kentucky Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey serves as a guide to regional tourists and to armchair aficionados highlighting the major distilleries and up and coming micro distilleries, largely along the I-65 through Bluegrass Parkway Whiskey and Bourbon Corridor from the Alabama border through Tennessee and across Kentucky. In the course of that tour, readers can explore the history of spirit production in the region and learn to nuances of tasting. Included...
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One of the most accessible of the country's national parks, Great Smoky Mountains NP is by far the most visited--averaging some 10 million visitors each year (for comparison, Grand Canyon NP averages 5.5 million annually). It covers 814 square miles in Tennessee and North Carolina.
The park offers a wide variety of outdoor activities for the visitor: great hiking and camping, scenic driving routes, wildlife watching, stunning photography opportunities,...
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