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Atlanta, GA | Posted: February 11, 2011
Sarah Bodkin, Arcadia Publishing
843.853.2070 x 144
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Details of key people, places, politics and organizations revealed.
Tennessee's Dixie Highway
Leslie Sharp (preferred)The late19th and early 20th century vision of the New South relied upon economic growth and access. The development of the Dixie Highway from 1914 to 1927—with its eastern and western branches running from Ontario, Canada, south to Miami, Florida—would help facilitate this dream by attracting industry, tourists, and even new residents.
In a new pictorial history book by Leslie N. Sharp, over 200 vintage photographs tell the story of the people, places, politics and organizations behind the construction of the road from Springfield, Tennessee, to Chattanooga.
Highlights of Tennessee's Dixie Highway: Springfield to Chattanooga:
Sharp became enamored with the Dixie Highway while a graduate student in the early 1990s. Currently she is assistant dean of Georgia Tech's College of Architecture, where she teaches historic preservation and continues to explore the impact of technology on people and places.
The book is available at area bookstores, independent retailers and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at 888.313.2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com.
Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Our mission is to make history accessible and meaningful through the publication of books on the heritage of America’s people and places. Have we done a book on your town? Visit www.arcadiapublishing.com.
