Online Troubled Times in Tennessee Brown Bag Lecture

Join public historian and author James B. Jones for a discussion of lost or hidden aspects of Tennessee history; in this case, moonshine. Historians of the Volunteer State's past have overlooked these stories in favor of political, biographical, economic, and war-time history. This presentation and the new book Troubled Times in Tennessee offer a glimpse at unheralded historical stories, with coverage given to topics once considered taboo.

Books will be available for purchase and signing.

James B. Jones is a retired public historian who has recently retired after thirty-five years of service to the Tennessee Historical Commission and State Historic Preservation Office based in Nashville. Jones is well versed in the history of Tennessee and its built environment; knowledge which informs the countless articles and six books he has written, often sharing stories seldom covered in conventional narratives.