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Kindle version of the novel now 99 cents
Gettysburg held. Vicksburg has fallen. Now Rebel flags ring Knoxville in East Tennessee. General James Longstreet, Lee’s Warhorse, means to wrench this railroad hub away from the occupying Union army. “I’ve long considered Michael and Jeff Shaara’s Civil War trilogy … Continue reading
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East Tennessee around Knoxville
This photo of the wet-weather terrain around Knoxville is a good representation of the region. Gives you a sense of the rural side of the place in case you’ve never been there, also like what the soldiers of 1863 knew … Continue reading
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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
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
KNOXVILLE 1863, the novel 