Meticulously researched and filled with new information and insight, “Townmania: Marcus Winchester and the Making of Memphis” brings to life a fascinating cast of early Memphians including flatboat pilots, fur traders, Native Americans, the enslaved, enslavers, abolitionists and politicians. It reframes the birth of a Southern metropolis through the lens of Marcus Winchester, the man who helped shape it, only to be cast out by some in the very community he helped create.