The loyal mountaineers of Tennessee

Description

"Lord Lister No. 0037: De Diamantenkoningin" by Kurt Matull and Theo von Blankensee is a serialized detective adventure written in the early 20th century. Likely centered on the gentleman-thief Lord Lister, it promises a high-stakes caper involving a fabled cache of diamonds and a formidable “Diamond Queen,” with duels of wit against rivals and the law. Readers can expect swift plotting, disguises, and international intrigue characteristic of continental pulp fiction. The opening of the provided text, however, unfolds a very different work: a historical account honoring East Tennessee’s loyalty to the Union and tracing the region’s character from its frontier roots. It moves from preface and introduction—geography, settlement along the Watauga and Holston, the people’s culture, Knoxville as the hub—into early history: the Watauga Association, the Overmountain Men’s march and decisive victory at King’s Mountain, and the short-lived State of Franklin with its clash between John Sevier and North Carolina authority. The narrative highlights hardship, hospitality, ambivalent attitudes toward slavery, and the rise of manumission sentiment, then shifts to antebellum tensions, local political oratory, and sectional agitation, setting the stage for the trials of the Civil War. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

• Tennessee, East -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
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