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A break from non-stop action, this well-written and well-paced second book gets more into characterization of the main characters and slows down the plot, taking readers through several indigenous rituals as the boys prepare for hunting and battle and centering on themes of bravery, selflessness and self-sufficiency." --BookLife https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60440b9120f8280c9cb6f3ca/62e139c4-75ec-45ea-82cd-ea1f9232e925/The+Devils+Backbone+3+Final+Amazon+Cover+resized.jpg Home E. Z. in the Den of Thieves BOOK 3 in the series FIGHTING DEVIL’S BACKBONE Young teen Ezekiel (“E. Z.”) Perkins is kidnapped by a bandit on the mysterious wilderness road known as “The Devil’s Backbone.” The captor demands that the boy join his bloodthirsty gang, learn the skills of a bandit, and prey on travelers. The lives of E. Z.’s brother David and best friend Isaiah depend upon his decision. The road forces E. Z. to use all his wits to prove himself. The real battlefield is the boy’s own heart and head as he discovers who he is and the man he chooses to become. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60440b9120f8280c9cb6f3ca/1615259813940-RKVARIHU8LE7GP90V458/Inquest+on+the+Natchez+Trace+Meriwether+Lewis Home - INQUEST ON THE NATCHEZ TRACE A full-length, three-act play exploring contradictory accounts about the death of explorer Meriwether Lewis on the Natchez Trace in 1809. The play gives voice to witnesses who can no longer speak for themselves. First performed in 2009 in Lewis County, Tennessee on the bicentennial of the death of Meriwether Lewis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60440b9120f8280c9cb6f3ca/1615259664071-LTN8DRNP1IU8IRXN18K9/War+Letters.jpg Home - WAR LETTERS A one-act play, from letters between Andrew Jackson and Rachel Jackson during the War of 1812, provides an unfiltered view of the Jacksons in their own words. 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Mountain Leaders Trace Mountain Leader’s Trace This map shows the Cumberland River described in The Shadow of E. Z.’s Fear (as well as the Ohio, Mississippi, and Tennessee rivers. “Mountain Leader’s Trace” is shown in a general location from Nashville to present-day Waterloo, Alabama and Eastport, Mississippi, about five miles west of the later 1801 Columbian Highway and present-day Natchez Trace Parkway. Chickasaw Chief George Colbert, who along with his brother Levi Colbert operated a ferry at the Waterloo-Eastport crossing , persuaded the government to move the road eastward. 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