No comments about Tennessee Wonders: A Pictorial Guide to the Parks.

No comments about Rand McNally 2003 Streetfinder Memphis: West Memphis/Shelby County (Rand McNally Streetfinder).

No comments about Expanding Frontiers: an off-the-beaten path exploration of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers.(RIVERBARGE EXCURSIONS): An article from: Cruise Travel.

1 comments about The Blood of Father Time: The Mystic Clan's Grand Plot (Five Star Science Fiction and Fantasy Series) (Five Star Science Fiction and Fantasy Series) (Five Star Science Fiction and Fantasy Series).

1. As a youngster, Joel Biggs, accompanied by his friends Mark and Billy, traveled back in time to 1811 Tennessee. Joel always regretted that he couldn't save Mark from a raging river. He and Billy were able to get back to their own time but Billy died young and Joel became an alcoholic. He is drying out at his friend's house when he decides to go back to the past and find Mark. When he makes his move, his friend's seventeen year old daughter Rachel follows; they end up in the 1830's.
   
   They end up staying at a farmhouse teaching the father and his son to read and write. When Jarrett Cotten's men steal two of the farmer's slaves, Joel goes after them; when they meet Cotten takes a shine to him. He tells him that he has a following called the Mystic Clan and their goal is to have the slaves revolt in the south so that he and his followers can steal the plantation owners blind. Joel realizes he is playing the role of Mathew Crenshaw who wrote about Cotten and his plans in order to stop it from happening. He gets a lot of Intel from Cotten before they part ways and he sets out to write the book he read in his own century hoping that this and another plan will break the back of the Mystic Clan.
   
   Although Joel is an adult, this is a great coming of age story. Joel leaves a piece of himself back in the eighteenth century and his need to go back is understood by the audience. Readers will like the tortured hero who meets up with Mark and others who made an impact on his young life when he traveled back to the past the first time (see THE BLOOD OF FATHER TIME BOOK 1). Though Cotton's rambling seems too bodacious bragging, readers will enjoy the continuing adventures of Joel Briggs, past and present, and past.
   
   Harriet Klausner

No comments about Tennessee Trails and Treasures: Mountains, Music, Mansions and More.

No comments about Chemical School staff ride to Shiloh.(Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee): An article from: CML Army Chemical Review.

2 comments about Hiking Great Smoky Mountains.

1. Forty-two walks are detailed in this guide to hiking the Great Smoky Mountains. Numerous other walks are briefly listed at the end of each chapter. Hikes are listed geographically in 11 areas, with two to six hikes per area.

   The description for each hike includes the distance, difficulty (easy, moderate or strenuous), elevation (including elevation changes), location of the trailhead, and a description of the walk itself. The descriptions are sometimes rather wordy, but do often include interesting historical or natural information. A trail map is included for most of the walks. The appendix includes a thorough bird list.

   We found many very interesting walks in this book. Some of the walks listed are the more popular ones, but there are enough of the infrequently visited trails for those who don't want a lot of company on their excursions.

   As the book mentions, it frequently rains in the Smokys. We found ourselves in the rain on several of our walks. However, the book itself doesn't take getting damp as well as I'd like. Yet, even though it's been wet several times, the our copy is still very usable.




2. I bought two books for my trip to the Smokies. This book and Johnny Molloy's "Day and Overnight Hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park" I tried to use both books, but I consistently returned to Molloys. The Albrights book would be all right to use if you wanted to sit down and read it from cover to cover, or at least a section of the park you want to explore. It is nearly impossible to flip through and find any specific trail. Beside this, their tone especially in the introduction put me off from this book. I think its designed to encourage anyone to try hiking, which is good, but for someone that has hiked for years, it treats me, the reader, as a simpleton, who has never stepped off the pavement in my life. This book is useful, but not as useful or concise as Molloy's guidebook.

No comments about Mountain South: A Traveler's Guide to Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas (Hippocrene Guides).

No comments about Rand McNallly Clarksville, Tennessee: City Map.

No comments about Travels To The Westward Of The Allegheny Mountains, In The States Of The Ohio, Kentucky, And Tennessee, In The Year 1802.