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Chattanooga Chronicles
Chattanooga's history is as storied and complex as any southern city that was born in the early days of America and came of age during the Civil War, but not every southern city has a writer like Cody Maxwell. Join local journalist Maxwell for a look back at some of the most enthralling, if overlooked, chapters in Chattanooga's history. This engaging collection features the legends and tall tales, small triumphs and muted tragedies, characters, criminals and folk heroes that shaped the city's past. From the folk tale of Nickajack Cave and the devastation of the Great Flood to the changing history of the Patten Towers and more, Maxwell draws an honest and engaging path through the forgotten stories that underlie the thriving and growing Chattanooga of today.
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Chattanooga Chronicles
Chattanooga's history is as storied and complex as any southern city that was born in the early days of America and came of age during the Civil War, but not every southern city has a writer like Cody Maxwell. Join local journalist Maxwell for a look back at some of the most enthralling, if overlooked, chapters in Chattanooga's history. This engaging collection features the legends and tall tales, small triumphs and muted tragedies, characters, criminals and folk heroes that shaped the city's past. From the folk tale of Nickajack Cave and the devastation of the Great Flood to the changing history of the Patten Towers and more, Maxwell draws an honest and engaging path through the forgotten stories that underlie the thriving and growing Chattanooga of today.
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Chattanooga Chronicles

Chattanooga Chronicles

by Cody Maxwell
Chattanooga Chronicles
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Chattanooga Chronicles

Chattanooga Chronicles

by Cody Maxwell

Overview

Chattanooga's history is as storied and complex as any southern city that was born in the early days of America and came of age during the Civil War, but not every southern city has a writer like Cody Maxwell. Join local journalist Maxwell for a look back at some of the most enthralling, if overlooked, chapters in Chattanooga's history. This engaging collection features the legends and tall tales, small triumphs and muted tragedies, characters, criminals and folk heroes that shaped the city's past. From the folk tale of Nickajack Cave and the devastation of the Great Flood to the changing history of the Patten Towers and more, Maxwell draws an honest and engaging path through the forgotten stories that underlie the thriving and growing Chattanooga of today.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781625846327
Publisher: The History Press
Publication date: 06/18/2013
Series: American Chronicles
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 96
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Journalist Cody Maxwell writes for the Chattanooga Pulse. He is a member of the Chattanooga Writer's Guild and has worked with the guild on literary events around Chattanooga.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

The Old Orchard Knob 15

The Turkey Theft 24

Bronze John 27

The Great Flood 27

Haywood Patterson Is Dead and Gone 53

The Hotel Patten 66

The Strange Death of John Caree 76

Legends of Nickajack Cave 81

Afterword 91

About the Author 96

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