Life as It Is: Or Matters and Things in General (The Applachian Echoes) by J. W. M. Breazeale - 2009-10-15

Paperback / softback. New. <p>Originally published in 1842, John Will M. Breazeale’s Life as It Is is an insightful—and at times chilling—collection of essays on a variety of subjects relating to life in early East Tennessee. Though little is known about the author, a frontier lawyer and editor of the Tennessee Journal from 1837 to 1838, scholars of the nineteenth-century South, Tennessee historians, and even true crime buffs will find his observations of considerable interest.<br /><br />The first chapters present a history of Tennessee from its first European exploration through the state’s admission to the Union. Later chapters highlight the state’s unique geographic features, followed by a gruesome account of the murderous rampage of Micajah and Wiley Harp, who terrorized settlers along the line separating eastern Kentucky and Tennessee at the turn of the nineteenth century. Breazeale next… Read More

Univ of Tennessee Pr, 2009. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 256 pages. 7.00x5.00x0.75 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.