At the heart of Memphis lies Overton Park, a 342-acre public space. Founded in 1901, the park has been at the centre of both celebration and controversy. This delightfully informative book, filled with historic photos, offers a history of the park from the perspective of those who lived it.

Brooks Lamb is currently the conservation projects manager for rural lands at The Land Trust for Tennessee. A graduate of Rhodes College in Memphis and a 2016 Truman Scholar, he wrote Overton Park with the assistance of the Bonner Scholarship and a fellowship from the Rhodes Institute for Regional Studies.