Author: Francis Marion Turner
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
ISBN: 9781570720581
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Thorough and compelling, this biography of John Sevier includes ancestral genealogy. Having served as governor of the ill-fated State of Franklin, Sevier was elected the first governor of Tennessee, serving a total of six terms. He then served in Congress until his death in 1815.
Author: Francis Marion Turner
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Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Author: Gordon T. Belt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781626191303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This book sheds new light on John Sevier, founding father of the state of Tennessee. A celebrated soldier, admired politician and founding father of the state of Tennessee, John Sevier led an adventurous life. He commanded a frontier militia into battle against British Loyalists at Kings Mountain. He waged a relentless war against the Cherokees in his effort to claim America's first frontier. He forged the state of Franklin from the western lands of North Carolina and later became Tennessee's first governor. Following his death, Sevier's accomplishments faded from public memory, but years later, writers resurrected his image through romanticized accounts of his exploits, relying heavily on folk tales and recollections from aging pioneers. Thus, life and legend intertwined. Join authors Gordon T. Belt and Traci Nichols-Belt as they examine John Sevier's extraordinary life through the lens of history and memory, shedding new light on this remarkable Tennessee figure.
Author: Francis Turner
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Languages : en
Pages : 212
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One of the first biographies written about John Sevier: pioneer, indian fighter, patriot and governor of Tennessee. The author chronicles Sevier's life from his boyhood to his death and includes many of the well known movers and shakers of the day such as: Daniel Boone, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin and many others. Notable chapters include "The Wautauga Association, " "Battle of King's Mountain," "State of Franklin," among many others that detail the struggles with indians and becoming a state.
Author: Paul H. Bergeron
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9781572330566
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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"The authors introduce readers to famous personalities such as Andrew Jackson and Austin Peay, but they also tell stories of ordinary people and their lives to show how they are an integral part of the state's history. Sidebars throughout the book highlight events and people of particular interest, and reading lists at the end of chapters provide readers with avenues for further exploration."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: FRANCIS M. TURNER
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033325353
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Author: Jeff Broadwater
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469651211
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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This collection of essays profiles a diverse array of North Carolinians, all of whom had a hand in the founding of the state and the United States of America. It includes stories of how men who stood together to fight the British soon chose opposing sides in political debates over the ratification of the supreme law of the land, the Constitution. It also includes accounts of women, freedmen, and Native Americans, whose narratives shed light on the important roles of marginalized peoples in the Revolutionary South. Together, the essays reveal the philosophical views and ideology of North Carolina's revolutionaries. Contributors: Jeff Broadwater, Jennifer Davis-Doyle, Lloyd Johnson, Benjamin R. Justesen, Troy L. Kickler, Scott King-Owen, James MacDonald, Maggie Hartley Mitchell, Karl Rodabaugh, Kyle Scott, Jason Stroud, Michael Toomey, and Willis P. Whichard.
Author: Olive Dame Campbell
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813168562
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1071
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John C. Campbell (1867–1919) is widely considered to be a pioneer in the objective study of the complex world of Appalachian mountaineers. Thanks to a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation, Campbell traveled throughout the region with his wife—noted social reformer and "songcatcher" Olive Dame Campbell—interviewing and profiling its people. His landmark work, The Southern Highlander and His Homeland, is cited by nearly every scholar writing about the region, yet little has been published about the Campbells and their role in the sociological, educational, and cultural history of Appalachia. Elizabeth McCutchen Williams has prepared the first critical edition of Olive Dame Campbell's comprehensive overview of her husband's life and work—a project left unfinished at the time of Olive's death. Never before published, this unique volume draws extensively on diary entries and personal letters to illuminate the significance and lasting impact of John C. Campbell's contributions. The result is a dynamic blend of biography and collected correspondence that presents an insightful portrait of the influential educator and reformer.
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Author: John Hill Wheeler
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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