In 1960, Walter King Hoover set out to write the story of Smyrna. Eight years and 559pages later, his book was published.This is a hard to get book and one I plan on purchasing. It covers the history of Smyrna in detail and is a type of book I call a 'keeper'.
Only 537 copies of Hoover’s “A History of the Town of Smyrna” were printed. Proud of his town, Hoover sold the books locally and sent them all over the country. But he never did a second printing and if you wanted a copy of the long out-of-print book, it would be hard to come by.
Until now.
This month, the Smyrna Public Library will host a party for the re-release of the book. The party will be from noon to 3 p.m. Jan. 23. The Friends of Smyrna Public Library have worked for a year on the reprinting of the book.
Our mission is to be a useful resource for the city of Smyrna, TN and surrounding areas.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Great news!
The Smyrna library has announced that they are republishing an important book.
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3 comments:
That's really neat. Thanks for sharing.
Hey, thanks for the shout-out! We're so excited about the re-release of History of the Town of Smyrna. Hope y'all can make it to the release party!
We're taking pre-orders right now. 'Till January 22nd, you save five dollars off of the cover price.
How can I get on the pre-order list? Do I just come by the library?
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