Books About Nashville

Nashville, An American Self-Portrait
Edited by John Egerton and E. Thomas Wood
Publisher is Beaton Biscuit Press, Copyright 2001

In this publication Nashville takes a hard look at itself and comes up smiling. The book is a lively, provative, endlessly engaging self-portrait of the city created by more than 100 writers, editors, photographers and artists. It is a time capsule in print that picks up Nashville's saga in 1980 and moves to the year 2000. There are more than 300 photographs. There is also an earlier companion volume about people and events from the mid 1700s to 1980 called Nashville: The Faces of Two Centuries.

Historic Photos of Nashville
Text and captions by Jan Duke
Publisher is Turner Publishing, Copyright 2005

The book captures the journey of the city through still photography gathered from multiple sources including private, city and state collections. The photos follow everyday life, government, education, events and other activities throughout Nashville' history from 1850 to the modern city. There are unique and rare scenes in the hundreds of photographs.

Nashville Then and Now
Karina McDaniel 
Publisher is Thunder Bay Press, Copyright 2005

By using extraordinary images from Nashville's past, paired with the same views today, the book shows how the city has evolved into a vibrant and modern metropolis. Early pictures are from the 1800s and first half of the 20th century. New pictures are from the 21st century. A brief history in words is under or beside each picture describing the picture and its time.