Life as It Is: Or Matters and Things in General
by J. W. M. Breazeale
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Paperback / softback. New. <p>Originally published in 1842, John Will M. Breazealeâs Life as It Is is an insightfulâand at times chillingâcollection of essays on a variety of subjects relating to life in early East Tennessee. Though little is known about the author, a frontier lawyer and editor of the Tennessee Journal from 1837 to 1838, scholars of the nineteenth-century South, Tennessee historians, and even true crime buffs will find his observations of considerable interest.<br /><br />The first chapters present a history of Tennessee from its first European exploration through the stateâs admission to the Union. Later chapters highlight the stateâs unique geographic features, followed by a gruesome account of the murderous rampage of Micajah and Wiley Harp, who terrorized settlers along the line separating eastern Kentucky and Tennessee at the turn of the nineteenth century. Breazeale next offers his thoughts on the practice of political âelectioneering,â recounting a fictional canvass in a typical congressional district. Life as It Is concludes with several chapters noting various features of Breazealeâs Tennessee, including Native American âantiquities,â the founding of the state government, and an early religious revival.<br /><br />Breazeale's account both complements and corrects Judge John Haywood's better-known Civil and Political History of the State of Tennessee, revealing the richly varied attitudes of early Tennessee pioneers toward their history, society, politics, and natural environments.<br /><br />J. W. M. Breazeale was a lawyer and editor of the Tennessee Journal from 1837 to 1838.<br /><br />Jonathan M. Atkins, professor of history at Berry College in Mt. Berry, Georgia, is the author of numerous articles and the book Parties, Politics, and the Sectional Conflict in Tennessee, 1832â1861.<br /><br />Â </p>
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Originally published: Knoxville : Printed by J. Williams, 1842.
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- Life as It Is: Or Matters and Things in General
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- J. W. M. Breazeale
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- Paperback / softback
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- Paperback
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- 1572334770
- ISBN 13
- 9781572334779
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- Univ Tennessee Press
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- 2009-10
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