LIFE AS IT IS; OR MATTERS AND THINGS IN GENERAL; Containing Amongst Other Things, Historical Sketches of the Exploration and First Settlement of the State of Tennessee; Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; their Wars with the Indians; Battle of King's Mountain; History of the Harps. . . de Breazeale, J. W. M - 1969

Paperback / softback. New.

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… Leer más

Hardback. New.

Nashville, TN: Charles Elder, 1969. 256 pp., dark-green cloth w/ gold lettering; Book shows a little soil & a few spots of foxing to edges of page block (esp. top); crease to top corner of 5 leaves at various places in book; Jacket shows wear, chipping, short tears & small creases to edges w/ some fading to spine; rear panel looks nibbled at edges, sometimes encroaching about an inch w/ 1 of these incursions extended by a tear about 2" further in / This is "A 1969 Facsimile Reproduction of the First and Only Edition, Published in 1842 by Charles Elder, Bookseller and Publisher, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1969." / Title of book (continued from above): ". . . Battle of King's Mountain; HISTORY OF THE HARPS, (Two Noted Murderers;) A Satirical Burlesque Upon the Practice of Electioneering; Legislative, Judicial and Ecclesiastical Incidents; Descriptions of Natural Curiosities; A Collection of Anecdotes, &c." / ". . . Breazeale's most distinctive contribution .… Leer más

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

Nashville, Tennessee: Charles Elder Bookseller, Inc.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1970. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine hardcover in a Very Good+ dust jacket which has been wrapped for protection. Spine of dust jacket is sunned. Limited edition plate is attached to the front endpaper. Prior owner's name on the front pastedown. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 256 pages .

Unknown Binding. Fair. [FIRST EDITION] Knoxville, TN: James Williams, 1842. Hardcover in publisher's paper over boards with cloth spine-strip. 254 pages. RARE TITLE, being a collection of essays on a variety of subjects relating to life in early East Tennessee. Howes B 741-"aa". Lacks pp, 255-6 and all front and rear blank sheets. With ownerhip signature on t.p. and lengthy family history on front paste-down; t.p. is torn, dedication page lacking bottom front corner; boards are rubbed and soiled, spine cloth worn with remains of paper title label. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (froc)

Knoxville TN: James Williams , 1842. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 256p octavo, A very good copy in the original gray boards and tan cloth spine with partial printed label. A few non-authoial gift presentations, plus a bookplate of F W Taylor jr. Laid in is a 4 page letter written in a legible hand by James W Oates of Mountain Home, Tn, addressed to Mr J F Taylor of Whitesburg Tn. in which he recounts his loose connection to the Harpes brothers murderers due to the facts that he owned the land where these murders occurred. He addotional details of executions related to the case. News clipping for 1954 concerning the Harpe murders also laid in.

James Williams, At the Office of the Post. Very Good+. 1842. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good+ hardcover which has been rebound with new endpapers. No names. 0; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 256 pages .

Knoxville TN: James Williams, At The Office of the Post. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1842. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good hardcover edition, has a previous owner's name on the front pastedown. Front hinge has cracked but has been repaired. Wear to the spine ends and corner tips. Text is foxed throughout. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 256 pages .