Echoes And Footprints

In Echoes and Footprints, discover the stories of West Tennessee history. Listen for echoes of long ago. Look for footprints of those who walked before us. Meet Ellis Kinder from Jackson, called ?Old Folks,? who played for the Boston Red Sox. In 1949, he was the American League Pitcher of the Year at an age when most players were retired. He liked to party, but his pitch didn?t wobble. Discover Norbert Putnam who played bass with Elvis Presley for six years and produced Jimmy Buffett?s ?Margaritaville,? among many others. Stand beside Colonel Ernest Frankland at the Battle of Mortain as he pulled a .45 caliber revolver and shot a German tank crew dead to save his men. Read the story of Pat Hitchcock who spent four years as a Japanese prisoner of war and then met one of his former guards. Meet Leander Stillwell who came to Jackson as a Union soldier or follow Armstrong?s Confederate cavalry as they ride to fight at the Battle of Britton Lane. Feel the excitement when Ringling Brothers came to town or meet Colonel Sanders whose fried chicken recipe lifted him from poverty. Make a trip to the bank with Miss Ollie, Jackson?s famous madam, whose house of ill-repute made an Army commander threaten to close her down because of his AWOL soldiers. Echoes and Footprints is our West Tennessee history, and it?s all around us if you only look.

• | Author: Harbert Alexander
• | Publisher: Hillhelen Group Llc
• | Publication Date: Oct 12, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 222 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Biography & Autobiography
• | ISBN-10: 0996345841
• | ISBN-13: 9780996345842