Ada's Journal and Emma's Letters: The Civil War Era Journal and Letters of Emma Peck (The Pecks of Mossy Creek)

Adas Journal is a great primary source for use in public private and homeschool education Cross Mountain Books Book Description Adas Journal provides a window into history. Ada Louise Peck was a well-loved little girl who traveled back and forth between Mossy Creek Tennessee and East Carroll Parish Louisiana starting in 1853. She experienced trials health problems and travel by railroad steamboat and stagecoach. Her grandpa Jacob was Tennessee Supreme Court Judge Jacob Peck and her grandpa William Henderson ran one of the largest cotton plantations in the South. This journal recorded from Adas perspective by her mom Emma records the first two years of her short life. Edited by Andy Peck over 70 photographs maps and historical references bring this true story to life in a powerful way. Journey with little Ada on a Mississippi River steamboat; keep your hands inside the train as you pass through the half-mile Cumberland Mountain Tunnel on the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad; and enjoy the mountain hospitality at the Wolf Creek Inn as Ada visits with Mrs. Emma Allen Peck family friend and hostess to hundreds along the French Broad River. Emmas Letters chronicles friendship heartache longing for connection and the intense feelings and opinions surrounding our nations Civil War. Andy Peck has carefully transcribed these original letters written by Emma Peck to her great friend Emma Allen. You will learn how the Peck family decided to build their mountain home in Wolf Creek called Glen Ada; mourn with them as they lose young family members to diseases like cholera and typhoid; and celebrate with them as they write about mid-1800s Christmas traditions including Santa Claus. Emmas brother-in-law was Confederate General William Raine Peck known as the largest Civil War General. Learn of his request for a pardon from President Andrew Johnson and his brother Wiley Pecks acquittal after killing a man in New Orleans with a knife. Series Info Adas Journal and Emmas Letters is a part of The Pecks of Mossy Creek Series highlighting the first family of Mossy Creek Adam and Elizabeth Peck and their ancestors and descendants. Mossy Creek Foundation A portion of the proceeds from each book sold will be donated to the Mossy Creek Foundation in its efforts to revitalize the Historic Mossy Creek District in Jefferson City TN. Learn more about this great project by visiting the Mossy Creek Foundation online. Praise for Adas Journal and Emmas Letters This work is a valuable part in telling the East Tennessee Story in the turbulent 1800s. DAVID NEEDS Carson-Newman University Instructor Mossy Creek Historian President of the Lakeway Civil War Preservation Association A fascinating look into a Tennessee familys life in the mid-nineteenth century [and] a valuable addition to our Special Collections. ALBERT L. LANG Special Collections Librarian & Archivist Carson-Newman University Jefferson City TN Adas Journal brings American history studies to life in a personal way ... beginning just before the Civil War and progressing throughout the 19th century [this book] would be a vibrant addition to the library of any American history scholar. SARAH L. ANGELL Classical Home Educator About the Editor ANDY PECK is a devoted husband and father military chaplain family researcher and author. Andy has a Master of Divinity from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City MO and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Missouri - Columbia. More info at Cross Mountain Books online.