Local Author Pens New History Book on Chattanooga's Bests

Nov. 19, 2012 - PRLog -- The latest edition to Arcadia Publishing’s new Legendary Locals imprint is Legendary Locals of Chattanooga, by local author William F. Hull. Filled with an average of 180 images and a new design, this people-centric imprint focuses on newsworthy and noteworthy individuals and groups who have built and shaped their communities.

Since its founding in 1816, Chattanooga has seen the rise of many extraordinary citizens, including Rev. T. Hooke McCallie, Civil War pastor; mayor and industrialist John Wilder; Benjamin Franklin Thomas, who established the nation’s first Coca-Cola bottling plant; and Adolph Ochs, a successful newspaperman who went on to purchase the New York Times.

Bessie Smith sang her first blues here, while the city’s railroads hummed to the tune of Glenn Miller’s Chattanooga Choo-Choo. Leo Lambert brought Ruby Falls to the public, while Garnet Carter’s Tom Thumb Golf, the nation’s first miniature golf course, became part of his future attraction, Rock City. “Antique Annie” Houston garnered one of the country’s grandest collections of glassware in her barn on the east side of town.

Celebrities Reggie White and Samuel L. Jackson also grew up in Chattanooga. Legendary Locals of Chattanooga celebrates these and many other personalities who have helped make Chattanooga a unique and energetic city.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or at www.LegendaryLocals.com or (888)-313-2665.  

Each book in Arcadia Publishing’s Legendary Locals imprint delves into the history of some of the unique individuals and groups, past and present, who have made a memorable impact on their community throughout its history.