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Tony L. Turnbow will release Jefferson's Spy: The Secret Life of Meriwether Lewis on January 24, 2026. The nonfiction will be book one in a two-volume series about the mysterious death of the famed explorer.

Turnbow is the author of the nonfiction Hardened to Hickory: The Missing Chapter in Andrew Jackson's Life and the young adult historical fiction series Fighting Devil's Backbone. He has studied the history of the Natchez Trace for more than 40 years.

He practices law in Franklin, Tennessee. With a Bachelor of Arts and a concentration in southern U.S. history from Vanderbilt University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Tennessee College of Law, he has continued to use his training to explore unpublished primary sources about th ...more

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Tony L. Turnbow I am creating a version of Hardened to Hickory for young readers. It will focus on Andrew Jackson's training of young Tennessee Volunteers to become s…moreI am creating a version of Hardened to Hickory for young readers. It will focus on Andrew Jackson's training of young Tennessee Volunteers to become soldiers and to survive the Mississippi River and Natchez Trace. Most of soldiers were teenagers. Some were as young as twelve, and the expedition was their first time away from home. Jackson promised to be a father to them, and he had to decide whether to abandon them or face a firing squad.(less)

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Tony L. Turnbow I had the opportunity to be part of living history reenactments of several of the events portrayed in Hardened to Hickory at the locations where they …moreI had the opportunity to be part of living history reenactments of several of the events portrayed in Hardened to Hickory at the locations where they occurred. That experience helped make more sense of the primary source documents. I spent time at those sites thinking about the challenges the soldiers faced as they camped or traveled through those same sites.(less)

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	Hardened to Hickory: The Missing Chapter in Andrew Jackson's Life 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	E. Z. in the Den of Thieves 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	E. Z. and the Chikasha Warrior (Fighting Devil's Backbone #2) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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How Andrew Jackson Reacted to A Perceived Apocalypse

Andrew Jackson began his rise to leadership at a time when many people thought the world was coming to an end. When others allowed fear to control their decisions, Jackson charged ahead.

I discussed those events from my book Hardened to Hickory: The Missing Chapter in Andrew Jackson's Life at the 2018 Southern Book Festival. You can see a clip here;

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c478321... Read more of this blog post »

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