The
Tennessee Libraries book review section provides evaluative reviews for
current publications related to all aspects of Tennessee.
If you are interested in reviewing any of the available titles, or would like
to suggest additional titles for review, please contact the editor:
Rebecca
Tolley-Stokes at e-mail: tolleyst@etsu.edu
Once you request a title and it is still available, the editor will ask for
your mailing address and send a copy of the book for you to review. Reviewers
who fail to submit a review will not be sent subsequent books; they will be
billed for the cost to replace the book or asked to return it. The review copy
of the book is yours to keep for personal use or donate to your library.
All
That is Native and Fine: The Politics of Culture in an
American Region, 25th anniversary ed.
Antietam
South Mountain & Harper's Ferry: A Battlefield Guide
Attached
at the Heart: Eight Proven Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and
Compassionate Children
Capitalizing
on Change: A Social History of American Business
Congress
and the Emergence of Sectionalism
Correspondence of
James K. Polk Volume XI, 1846
Making
Marriage Work: A History of Marriage and Divorce in the Twentieth-Century
United States
Nashville:
The Occupied City, 1862-1863
Reluctant Partners:
Nashville and the Union, 1863-1865
Sorrow
Wood: A Novel
Trench Warfare
Under Grant and Lee: Field Fortifications in the Overland Campaign
Reviews
must be between 300 to 500 words in length, conform to APA style, and
should comment on the following elements as appropriate:
Scope
- describe the overall content and purpose of the book
Authorship - credentials, affiliations, point of view
Accuracy - authoritative nature of the information
Arrangement - unique features, index, appendices
Readership - describe the intended audience
Critical evaluation - limitations and/or contribution to the field
Recommendation - which types of libraries should purchase
Reviews
must be submitted in electronic format either on disk or via e-mail. The editor
reserves the right to edit for length, as well as for consistency in language
and style. Reading and taking into consideration the
Seven Deadly Words of Book Reviewing may assist in writing your review.
Please include your name, position title, and institutional affiliation at the
end of the review.
Special guidelines apply for review of cookbooks and reference works. Please contact the
editor for more information.
Upon
requesting a title, you will be asked to submit your review before one of the
following deadline dates.
Dec.
10
March 10
June 10
Sept. 10
Every effort will be made for timely publication of your review, however it may
take 6-9 months or more for it to appear.
Your
willingness to contribute to the Tennessee Libraries is greatly
appreciated.
Mail
reviews and other correspondence to:
Rebecca
Tolley-Stokes
East Tennessee State University
Charles C. Sherrod Library
P.O. Box 70665
Johnson
City, TN
37614