| Understanding Apples: Understanding Apples Series Book One Contributor(s): Uppendahl, Joanne (Editor), Burns, Michael J. (Introduction by), Moore, Js (Author) |
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ISBN: 1466487178 ISBN-13: 9781466487178 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.78 lbs) 278 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Understanding Apples is a collection of short pieces about Northeast Tennessee, notably the Long Island community of Kingsport - once a locale known for violence and bootlegging. The Island was actually a sacred ground to the Cherokee Nation and the Yuchi who settled there hundreds of years prior. Before 1776 and the Battle of Long Island Flats it was said that no man could be killed on Long Island. But later the chiefs of all seven clans gathered and "signed" a treaty with the white man, giving up not only hundreds of thousands of their acreage, but millions - including the sacred ground known as Long Island. Because the chieftains' decision was not unanimous among the elders or their sons a powerful curse was placed upon the hallowed ground: No man would ever find peace there. A mere window of events is shared within the pages of this book that offer only a glimpse of what life was like thereafter. |