Cultural Life in Nashville

On the Eve of the Civil War

By F. Garvin Davenport

Cultural Life in Nashville

244 pp., 6 x 9

  • Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-7837-8
    Published: November 2011

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Beginning with a study of the frontier mind, Davenport traces the cultural development of the city in the rise of schools, colleges, churches, and medical science; he gives special attention to the amusements of the day--drama, opera, concerts, and minstrels; finally he examines the newspapers and magazines of the period, the poets and would-be poets, and the architects and their creations.

Originally published in 1941.

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