Charley's Novel Mary Anderson and Peacock the Mineralogist, the Bad Luck of a Young Southern Girl |
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| Author:
| Peck, Charles |
| Editor:
| Peck, Andy |
| Series edited by:
| Peck, Andy |
| Foreword by:
| Needs, David |
| Series title: | The Pecks of Mossy Creek Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-955121-17-0 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2021 |
| Publisher: | Cross Mountain Books
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $44.95 |
Book Description:
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HARDCOVER (Color Edition) - Including 89 illustrations including classic paintings and 19th century photographsFor just over 140 years, this southern tale has been preserved by the Peck family. Rediscovered in 2021, photographed and transcribed, this epic novel written by Charles Talbot Peck is now made available to the public by editor Andy Peck. With themes of chivalry, integrity, honor, faith, and providence, Charley's Novel reveals a window into the world of East Tennessee and...
More DescriptionHARDCOVER (Color Edition) - Including 89 illustrations including classic paintings and 19th century photographsFor just over 140 years, this southern tale has been preserved by the Peck family. Rediscovered in 2021, photographed and transcribed, this epic novel written by Charles Talbot Peck is now made available to the public by editor Andy Peck. With themes of chivalry, integrity, honor, faith, and providence, Charley's Novel reveals a window into the world of East Tennessee and surrounding states just after the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War. In Charley's Novel, we learn about the patterns of courtship for wealthy families. We see the meanness of and spousal abuse by "ruffians" as Charley calls them. We learn of the fortitude of women who bore up under such abuse, and were rewarded in the end for their strength, grace, and determination. Difficult subjects are covered as well in this time period novel including greed (the lust for gold and wealth), threats and coercion by the Ku Klux Klan, and the simple but difficult life of mountain people-with limited opportunities for education.The pages here include a love story, and lessons for all of us to learn from. They also contain signposts to the history of Mossy Creek (modern day Jefferson City, TN), and to the Peck family itself. Charley inserts family names and history throughout the novel. What treasures can YOU find, that teach us about life in 1879?