Dawn of Tennessee Valley and Tennessee History
1937 · Johnson City, TN
by Williams, Samuel Cole
Johnson City, TN: Watauga Press, 1937. First edition. 8vo. xi, 495 pp. Illustrated, plates, maps and plans. Howes W-482. Allen More Tennessee Rarities 802. Horn Twenty Tennessee Books 20: "Judge Williams himself has described this as 'my best book' ... a definitive history for the period covered, 1541-1776 ... Williams made use of archival and other source material not available to previous writers ... thoroughly documented and annotated, and provides an excellent example of the author's scholarship, accuracy, and literary skill." Very good, partly unopened copy. Original blue cloth, gilt spine title. (#8187). (Inventory #: 61273)