Not every brave son of the South fought against Northern aggression during the Civil War. Some took a different stand and defended the Stars and Stripes rather than take up the Stars and Bars. It meant placing their lives and those of their families in peril and withstanding verbal and physical persecution from their friends and neighbors. Fielding Hurst raised a regiment of fellow Southern Unionists called the Sixth Tennessee Cavalry with men from Decatur, Gibson, Hardin, McNairy, Perry, Wayne, and Weakley counties. It was described by one Confederate soldier as an ignorant posse of men led by vicious and unprincipled leaders who were the scourge and terror of the lower Eastern Counties of West Tennessee, and were as thoroughly detested and hated as any band of marauders who ever disgraced the name of soldiers. Hurst s Wurst describes their activities both official and unofficial and discusses the positive and negative aspects of their service during the Civil War.

Hurst's Wurst: Colonel Fielding Hurst and the Sixth Tennessee Cavalry U.S.A.

History

McCann, Kevin D.

Americas

McCann Publishing

Virgil A. Stewart happened to be in the right place at the right time. In January 1834, he offered to help a friend in Madison County, Tennessee track down two missing slaves who were believed to have been stolen by a local thief named John A. Murrell. Posing as a man looking for a lost horse, Stewart won Murrell's confidence over the course of several days and the thief shared with him stories of his exploits and revealed various criminal acts he had committed, including robbery, slave stealing, and murder. Murrell also admitted to being the leader of a vast criminal empire with one thousand members-some of whom were well-respected men in their communities-known as the Mystic Clan of the Confederacy. He wanted to convince slaves across the South to rise up against their masters on Christmas night in 1835, during which time Murrell and his clan would rob on a grand scale. History of the Detection, Conviction, Life and Designs of John A. Murrel, the Great Western Land Pirate...To Which is Added a Biographical Sketch of Mr. Virgil A. Stewart was first published in 1835, and is the primary source for the life, crimes, and legend of John A. Murrell, a man Stewart labeled "the great Western Land Pirate." Stewart transformed a petty thief from Denmark, Tennessee into a criminal mastermind with a network of like-minded rogues that stretched across the Old Southwest.

History of the Detection, Conviction, Life and Designs of John A. Murrell the Great Western Land Pirate

Walton, Augustus Q.

HUMOR AMONG THE MINORS is a collection of baseball stories and anecdotes about the colorful personalities of the game in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as told by Edward Ashenbach, who spent 21 seasons in the minor leagues as a player, manager, and team owner from 1890 to 1911. This BrayBree Vintage Edition contains the original 1911 book as well as a new index and biographical sketch of the author.

Humor Among the Minors: True Tales from the Baseball Brush

Humor & Entertainment

Ashenback, Edward Michael

Humor

John Andrews Murrell (1806-1844) was a horse thief, a slave stealer, and a counterfeiter who was transformed into a legendary highway robber and murderous outlaw whose criminal exploits took him throughout the South in the 1820s and 1830s. Modern-day treasure hunters are still trying to find his supposed caches of hidden gold in Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, and Mississippi. The disappearance of two slaves belonging to a friend in 1834 prompted Virgil A. Stewart to pursue Murrell in the hopes of learning their whereabouts. Stewart befriended him on his journey to Arkansas, and he claimed the unsuspecting outlaw shared with him knowledge of his secret criminal network called the Mystic Clan of the Confederacy and his intention to incite a slave insurrection as a diversion for his Clan's thievery throughout the South. Stewart exposed Murrell's alleged plot, was the star witness at his trial, and wrote a tell-all book that was the basis for the legend of John A. Murrell, the Great Western Land Pirate. The Life and Adventures of John A. Murrell, the Great Western Land Pirate, published in 1847, was the first biography about the legendary outlaw of the Old Southwest. It expounded upon Stewart's claims and added literary flourish to his colorful tales of Murrell's past adventures. This BrayBree Vintage Edition presents the original narrative and illustrations with new footnotes and an index.

The Life and Adventures of John A. Murrell, the Great Western Land Pirate

Biographies & Memoirs

Howard, H. R.

Historical

Robert Henry Cartmell (1828-1915) was a young man on his own for the first time, making his start as a cotton planter in West Tennessee in the 1850s. What began simply as a means to account for his farming activities ultimately evolved into a personal diary of thirty-three (likely thirty-four) volumes through the mid to late nineteenth century and into the first quarter of the twentieth century. Each book chronicled not only his life, but the lives of his family and neighbors, as well as incidents, events, and deaths that took place in Jackson and Madison County, Tennessee. He shared his daily trials and triumphs on the farm, interactions with his enslaved people, his personal life, interest in politics, and opinions about the escalating tensions between North and South over the institution of slavery. This is the first volume of Robert Cartmell's transcribed and annotated diaries.

Diaries of Robert Henry Cartmell: A Cotton Planter in Antebellum Madison County, Tennessee, 1849-1860

Ken Boyer: All-Star, MVP, Captain

Ken Boyer was the Captain of the St. Louis Cardinals. Modest and steadfast, he was a role model whose firm but reassuring demeanor earned the admiration and respect of his teammates Boyer was among the elite third basemen of his generation. He was a durable athlete in the field who provided consistent production at the plate. A 15-year major-league career produced 11 All-Star Game appearances, five Gold Glove Awards, a Most Valuable Player Award, and a World championship with the Cardinals in 1964 Ken Boyer: All-Star, MVP, Captain is the first full-length biography of this underappreciated star of baseball's Golden Era.

Ken Boyer was the Captain of the St. Louis Cardinals. Modest and steadfast, he was a role model whose firm but reassuring demeanor earned the admiration and respect of his teammatesBoyer was among the elite third basemen of his generation. He was a durable athlete in the field who provided consistent production at the plate. A 15-year major-league career produced 11 All-Star Game appearances, five Gold Glove Awards, a Most Valuable Player Award, and a World Championship with the Cardinals in 1964Ken Boyer: All-Star, MVP, Captain is the first full-length biography of this underappreciated star of baseball's Golden Era.

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Hurst's Wurst: Colonel Fielding Hurst and the Sixth Tennessee Cavalry U.S.A.

History of the Detection, Conviction, Life and Designs of John A. Murrell the Great Western Land Pirate

Humor Among the Minors: True Tales from the Baseball Brush

The Life and Adventures of John A. Murrell, the Great Western Land Pirate

Diaries of Robert Henry Cartmell: A Cotton Planter in Antebellum Madison County, Tennessee, 1849-1860

Ken Boyer: All-Star, MVP, Captain

Ken Boyer: All-Star, MVP, Captain