His ancestors’ farm is where he says he experienced some of the early Tennessee culture that he uses to bring the old tales to life. Tony was raised near the Natchez Trace in Tennessee. It details Andrew Jackson’s first military command on the Natchez Trace when he earned the moniker “Old Hickory.” His first book, the nonfiction Hardened To Hickory: The Missing Chapter in Andrew Jackson’s Life, is based on unpublished journals and letters he discovered in his research. Tony has researched the history of the Natchez Trace for more than thirty-five years. learning the wilderness skills that his father did not live long enough to teach him. To survive, the boy is forced to determine which dangers are real and which are imagined. As the family nears Nashville, boatmen warn that the Natchez Trace is filled with bandits, angry Indian warriors, and even supernatural creatures. He learns too late that the road has earned the name “The Devil’s Backbone” from dangers that travelers encounter. and his younger brother to the Natchez Trace to find their new home in the Mississippi Territory. The series, set in 1809, follows the adventures of a young eastern city boy, Ezekiel Perkins (“E. In April, he released the first book, The Shadow of E. He calls the series, Fighting Devil’s Backbone.
#DEVIL BACKBONE MISSISSIPPI SERIES#
Turnbow is writing a new young adult historical fiction series about the Natchez Trace.
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