Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-1-348
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(a) The following are designated as the official state books: (1) Farewell Address to the American People , George Washington (1796); (2) The Papers of Andrew Jackson , College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; (3) Democracy in America , Alexis de Tocqueville (1835 and 1840); (4) All the King's Men , Robert Penn Warren (1947); (5) A Death in the Family , James Agee (1958); (6) Roots , Alex Haley (1977); (7) The Civil War: A Narrative , Shelby Foote (1958-1974); (8) American Lion , Jon Meacham (2009); (9) Coat of Many Colors , Dolly Parton (2016); and (10) Aitken Bible, Journals of Congress (1782). (b) The secretary of state shall list the foregoing as the official state books in the Tennessee Blue Book. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 720,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
(a) The following are designated as the official state books: (1) Farewell Address to the American People , George Washington (1796); (2) The Papers of Andrew Jackson , College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; (3) Democracy in America , Alexis de Tocqueville (1835 and 1840); (4) All the King's Men , Robert Penn Warren (1947); (5) A Death in the Family , James Agee (1958); (6) Roots , Alex Haley (1977); (7) The Civil War: A Narrative , Shelby Foote (1958-1974); (8) American Lion , Jon Meacham (2009); (9) Coat of Many Colors , Dolly Parton (2016); and (10) Aitken Bible, Journals of Congress (1782).
(1) Farewell Address to the American People , George Washington (1796);
(2) The Papers of Andrew Jackson , College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville;
(3) Democracy in America , Alexis de Tocqueville (1835 and 1840);
(4) All the King's Men , Robert Penn Warren (1947);
(5) A Death in the Family , James Agee (1958);
(6) Roots , Alex Haley (1977);
(7) The Civil War: A Narrative , Shelby Foote (1958-1974);
(8) American Lion , Jon Meacham (2009);
(9) Coat of Many Colors , Dolly Parton (2016); and
(10) Aitken Bible, Journals of Congress (1782).
(b) The secretary of state shall list the foregoing as the official state books in the Tennessee Blue Book.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 720,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
(a) The following are designated as the official state books: (1) Farewell Address to the American People , George Washington (1796); (2) The Papers of Andrew Jackson , College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville; (3) Democracy in America , Alexis de Tocqueville (1835 and 1840); (4) All the King's Men , Robert Penn Warren (1947); (5) A Death in the Family , James Agee (1958); (6) Roots , Alex Haley (1977); (7) The Civil War: A Narrative , Shelby Foote (1958-1974); (8) American Lion , Jon Meacham (2009); (9) Coat of Many Colors , Dolly Parton (2016); and (10) Aitken Bible, Journals of Congress (1782).
(1) Farewell Address to the American People , George Washington (1796);
(2) The Papers of Andrew Jackson , College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville;
(3) Democracy in America , Alexis de Tocqueville (1835 and 1840);
(4) All the King's Men , Robert Penn Warren (1947);
(5) A Death in the Family , James Agee (1958);
(6) Roots , Alex Haley (1977);
(7) The Civil War: A Narrative , Shelby Foote (1958-1974);
(8) American Lion , Jon Meacham (2009);
(9) Coat of Many Colors , Dolly Parton (2016); and
(10) Aitken Bible, Journals of Congress (1782).
(b) The secretary of state shall list the foregoing as the official state books in the Tennessee Blue Book.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 720,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Status: in_force
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