The History of Belle Meade: Mansion, Plantation, and Stud

Wills' History of Belle Meade does much to incorporate the history of Nashville as well as Southern history as he follows the fortunes and misfortunes of the Hardings and Jacksons. His vivid descriptions of the families who lived at Belle Meade help the reader understand how these families experienced the events of the nineteenth century. Some of the chapters on horses were not that interesting to me personally, but they did not take away from my enjoyment of the book.