Author: Robert Perry
Publisher: Overmountain Pre
Keywords: eastern, war, kentucky, tennessee, southwest, virginia, jackson, mays, colonel, andrew, jack, civil
Number of Pages: 249
Published: 1998-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1570720711
ISBN-13: 9781570720710

Historians usually assume that the battles fought in Southwestern Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and Eastern Tennessee played an insignificant role in the outcome of the Civil War. This book challenges that assumption. Focusing on the career of Colonel Andrew Jack-son May, for whom the defense of the region was a personal crusade, Professor Perry shows that the vic-tories which the Confederates won in this theater, al-lowing them to retain control of Preston’s Saltworks you. and the Virginia-Tennessee railroad, preserved the integrity of the Confederacy and thereby prolonged the war. Using

Author: Charles Edwin Price
Publisher: Overmountain Pre
Keywords: tennessee, witch, infamous
Number of Pages: 120
Published: 1994-06-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1570720088
ISBN-13: 9781570720086

Author: Hilda Padgett
Publisher: Overmountain Pre
Keywords: nine, erwin
Number of Pages: 140
Published: 1993-01-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0932807976
ISBN-13: 9780932807977

In the early days of World War II, nine young men from the small town of Erwin, Tennessee (popula-tion 3,350), volunteered for service in the United States Army Air Corps, proud to defend their nation and democracy. None of them served together, and all were shot down at different times in different places. Yet, incredibly, with more than fifty prison camps scattered throughout Nazi Germany, all nine captured airmen were sent to the same one-Stalag Luft IV. Each man’s story is retold and relived on the pages of this volume: The training and the anticipation of battle, the fear of trying

Author: Charlotte Jane Ellingto
Publisher: Overmountain Pre
Keywords: novel, leaf, dancing
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-06-30
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 1570723117
ISBN-13: 9781570723117

Focusing on Cherokee folklore, history, and tradition, each chapter of this fast-moving novel begins with the retelling of an authentic Cherokee legend that is then woven into the adventures of Dancing Leaf, a character based on the unnamed, adopted daughter of Cherokee Chieftainess Nancy Ward. Fascinating regional history comes through in references to locales of significance to the Cherokee during the 1820’s and characters who represent important figures of the era such as Five Killer and Longfellow.

Author: James A. Goforth
Publisher: Overmountain Press
Keywords: history, pictorial, tennessee, erwin
Number of Pages: 117
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1570722889
ISBN-13: 9781570722882

Filled with facts, personal accounts, and many photographs, this history encompasses a plethora of information about Erwin and its beginnings. Drawing upon records, newspaper articles, and many other sources, the book presents a compelling chronicle of the town.

Author: Michael Joslin
Publisher: Overmountain Press
Keywords: mountains, gifts, nature, bounty, appalachian
Number of Pages: 229
Published: 2000-03
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1570721645
ISBN-13: 9781570721649

Author: Barry Vann
Publisher: Overmountain Press
Keywords: heritage, celtic, south, rediscovering
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2004-03-02
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1570722692
ISBN-13: 9781570722691

Fabled in American history, the Scotch-Irish played a principal role in settling the Southern Appalachian Mountains. From the original settlers sprang a culture based on their Old World ways; along with their daily habits, they brought with them a reverence for the King James Bible and the land providing their sustenance. Isolated in mountain pockets, the culture existed on the periphery of mainstream America until the late 20th century. In Rediscovering the South¹s Celtic Heritage, author Barry Vann explores the roots and branches of America¹s pioneering Celts, following their influence thr