Bill Landry
Author
Publisher
Celtic Cat Publishing
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
ix, 187 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Retired Knoxville News Sentinel Senior Writer, Fred Brown, describes Bill Landry as East Tennessee's favorite uncle---the one with all the good stories that have become so familiar and popular. When The Heartland Series premiered in 1984 on WBIR, Channel 10 in Knoxville, Tennessee to showcase the 50th anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Landry quickly emerged as host, narrator, and co-producer of the show. He became the voice and...
Author
Publisher
Anomolaic Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xi, 243 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The Territory South of the River Ohio was once called the Southwest Territory. It is the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River, called the Tennessee country. It belonged to the Cherokee. Taking it from them would not be easy. Herein the conflict begins. The story of an uncommon people who settled this frontier land -- when the west was Tennessee country. The story is told via a loose narrative set in the 1790's about what...
Author
Publisher
Celtic Cat Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
x, 202 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The author shares some of his favorite stories, including "an adventure, some history, an Olympic memory, a football recollection, a love story, and a tragic tale. Some are personal. Some are historical. Some are comical. Some are sorrowful. Most are somewhere in between"--Preface page ix.
Author
Publisher
Anomolaic Press
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
For more than twenty-five years as host of WBIR-TV, Knoxville, Tennessee's The Heartland Series, and 2,000 television episodes, Bill's been spinning years and telling tales about the people of east Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains. Now, finally, in A last Hurrah, he's telling his own story.
Publisher
WBIR-TV
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (2 hr., 7 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
"In August of 1956, WBIR-TV began transmitting to the few people in East Tennessee who owned televisions. Fifty years later, these images have become an historic look back at the people and events that have shaped our lives. From the World's Fair to civil rights protests, from Cas Walker to Chris Whittle, WBIR has meticulously restored this decades-old film to bring you fifty years of Our Stories. This DVD also includes a special audio commentary...
Publisher
WBIR-TV
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The passage of time can take many forms. In this episode of The Heartland Series, time spent with trains is the central theme. Viewers will go inside the shops and ride the locomotives of a shortline rail company. Two short features focus on a different sense of time, including a quiet walk through a rarely used, botanically beautiful trail in the mountains of Southern Kentucky, and a soothing performance on a reed organ.
Publisher
WBIR-TV
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 51 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
"On November 16, 1863 there was no more important ground in the lives of nearly 20,000 Civil War soldiers than the land surrounding Campbell Station. Holding the crossroads near the way station would be critical to the success of both armies. The fighting took place on two fronts simultaneously. Two Medals of Honor would be awarded as the fighting culminated with a 6-hour battle that waged back and forth. Today, aside from an erroneous roadside marker,...
Publisher
WBIR-TV
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
Holiday edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
The holiday season can be the center of many wonderful family memories. Four of East Tennessee's most talented storytellers share wonderful stories of the season as they happened in southern Appalachia.
Publisher
WBIR-TV
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 48 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Follows trips 5a and 5b (Norris, TN to Tennga, GA) from the 1939 Works Projects Administration's book "The Guide to the state of Tennessee" to rediscover what the book's writers found.