The Backward Trail: Stories of the Indians and Tennessee Pioneers. Hale, Will T. Paperback, (1899), repr. 2012, 189 pp.

A history of early Tennessee, with narrative and stories on individuals, the Lost State of Franklin, territorial matters, Native Americans, tribes, and daily life. A classic. The story of the development of the early colonies of Tennessee with chapters on Old Fort Loudoun, Watauga Assoc. John Sevier, the State of franklin, settling of Middle Tennessee, Cumberland Settlement, Stone's River, Nickojack Expedition, religious sentiments, mound builders or stone grave race, King's Mountain as well as much on the daily life of the settlers. 

Book #: J-H1180 
ISBN: 9781596411807