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Boost from Red Adept Reviews
The novel has received a four and three-quarter star boost from Red Adept Reviews, one of the gold standards of Indie book reviewers. Wrote reviewer Jim Chambers: “I’ve long considered Michael and Jeff Shaara’s Civil War trilogy to be one … Continue reading
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“My Office Is A Battlefield”
Post-war reconciliation monument by the veterans of the principal defenders of the Northwest Bastion. From Knoxville law professor Glenn Reynolds whose office is in the Fort Sanders neighborhood—the development that’s all that’s left of the old fort and environs—which now … Continue reading
Kindle version of the novel now at 99 cents
“I’ve long considered Michael and Jeff Shaara’s Civil War trilogy to be one of the benchmarks for Civil War historical fiction. Knoxville 1863 came very close to that mark.” –Jim Chambers for Red Adept Reviews The eBook version of Knoxville … Continue reading
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Tennessee and secession
The recent (Dec. 20) sesquicentennial of the 1860 secession of South Carolina recalls how the rebellion did not come so quick or so easy in Tennessee—largely because of the Unionist preference in Knoxville and environs. As Confederate widow Parthenia Leila … Continue reading
Instalanch for Knoxville 1863
Good old Glenn Reynolds, the Instapundit (who also lives in Knoxville), acknowledged the review copy I sent him and posted its title and the Amazon link on Wednesday morning. I wondered why Amazon had the ebook (at one point) ranked … Continue reading
