Books
Information about books published by the Center for Historic Preservation staff may be found below.
Trial and Triumph: Essays in Tennessee's African American History Edited by Dr. Carroll Van West
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Plowshares and Swords: Tennessee Farm Families Tell Civil War Stories
By Caneta Skelley Hankins and Michael Thomas Gavin
To commemorate the Civil War Sesquicentennial, and the important role played by Century Farm families, we published Plowshares and Swords: Tennessee Farm Families Tell Civil War Stories in 2013. We have sold out of these books, but copies are available from online used booksellers.
Tennessee Women in the Civil War Edited by Dr. Antoinette G. van Zelm
Center Assistant Director Dr. Antoinette van Zelm edited Tennessee Women in the Civil War, published by the Tennessee Historical Society in 2014. The book is Volume 8 of Tennessee in the Civil War: The Best of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly, a series edited by Center Director Dr. Carroll Van West and sponsored in part by the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area and the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission.
Nashville Architecture: A Guide to the City, by Dr. Carroll Van West, was published by the University of Tennessee Press in 2015 and documents the city’s architectural transformation over two centuries.