Insiders' Guide to Memphis [Paperback]

Is Memphis on your list of possible places to relocate or visit? Youll find this practical guide an essential resource for comprehensive information about this fast-growing city.Is Memphis on your list of possible places to relocate or visit? Youll find this practical guide an essential resource for comprehensive information about this fast-growing city. Local author Rebecca Finlayson offers an unbiased perspective of Memphis and the area around it. Four maps and 30 black-and-white photographs complete the coverage.Rebecca Finlayson is an English professor at Rhodes College in Memphis and does freelance writing in her spare time. She lives in mid-town Memphis with her husband, novelist Marshall Boswell, and their two sons.For more than twenty years, the Insiders Guide? series has been the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation informationfrom true insiders whose personal, practical perspective gives you everything you need to know. From Peabody Place and the historic Orpheum Theater to AutoZone Park and an abundance of nearly year-round golf courses, Memphis is rich with cultural and recreational opportunities. This authoritative guide shows you how to navigate this friendly, welcoming city, from its historic downtown and midtown neighborhoods to its fast-growing suburbs. Inside you'll find: Countless details on how to live and thrive in the area, from the best shopping to the lowdown on real estate and schools The inside scoop on popular attractions, such as Beale Street, the FedExForum, Gibson Guitar Factory, and even how to tour the city in a 1955 pink Cadillac Comprehensive listings of restaurants, lodging, special events, and recreation opportunities Sections dedicated to children and retirement[Setting] - The guide covers the city of Memphis, Tennessee and its environs.