{"product_id":"on-this-day-in-memphis-history-9781540208804","title":"On This Day in Memphis History","description":"Far more than blues and barbecue, Memphis culture has evolved one day at a time. Author G. Wayne Dowdy pins an exact date to a host of important, quirky and forgotten events in the history of Tennessee's largest city--an entertaining footnote for each day of the year. Earth, Wind and Fire founder Maurice White entered the world in a Memphis hospital on December 19, 1941. On January 15, 1877, a severe thunderstorm mysteriously left the city covered in snakes. On December 31, 1902, a resident was murdered on Main Street after taunting a Native American named Creeping Bear. A day or a month at a time, enjoy a year of entertaining River City blasts from the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDowdy, G. Wayne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - G. Wayne Dowdy is the agency manager of the Memphis Public Library and Information Center's history department and Memphis and Shelby County Room. He holds a master's degree in history from the University of Arkansas and is a certified archives manager. He is the author of A Brief History of Memphis\"; \"Mayor Crump Don't Like It: Machine Politics in Memphis\"; \"Hidden History of Memphis\" and \"Crusades for Freedom: Memphis and the Political Transformation of the American South.\"","brand":"History Press Library Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50419196985618,"sku":"9781540208804","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e25fb166-2054-4830-83a3-00295748b16e.jpg?v=1729481849","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/on-this-day-in-memphis-history-9781540208804","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}