The articles contained in this book are a compilation of stories from the author's newspaper column All things southern published in the last ten years. The articles relate the history and genealogy of the southwest Alabama and northwest Florida ...

In the mid-1850s many families were seeking prosperity. The towering pines, beautiful rivers and tranquil pastures of northwest Florida lured a man who grew a family in the heart of the rural Coon Hill woodlands. With stories of adventure ...