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, (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.
Knoxville, (TN): Printed by James Williams, 1842. First edition. Small 8vo. 256 pp. Ownership signature Frank M. Fulkerson / Rogersville, Tenn” on front endpaper; Fulkerson, a native of Virginia, moved with his family to Tennessee as a boy, served as an ordinance sergeant with the 4th Tennessee in Mexico, read..... More