That D----d Brownlow

Published in 1978 this book tells the story of William Gannaway Brownlow a Methodist minister Whig politician author of a Civil War bestseller and anti-Confederate who documented the trials and tribulations of pro-Union mountaineers in east Tennessee. Brownlow edited and published a weekly newspaper the <i>Whig</i> for thirty years and was among the first to treat his native Appalachia as a significant and separate area. Steve Humphrey uses extensive selections from Brownlow’s distinctive writing in the <i>Whig</i> with his own writing and commentary to tell the story of this man who could be relentless with his enemies and generous with his friends.