Well there's the classics...

thanks ken much appreciated
if anyone else can think of something memphis was used in it would greatly help me. :) thanks again alan

I believe that some of Shel Silverstein’s poetry books for children are set in Memphis.

i was looking at them but couldn't see any that where do you remember which ones you thought might be. thanks again alan.

Been around since the early 1980s - and still going strong - Gunsmith Western Series from Berkley Books.

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