“Perilous
Journey is as good as it gets. It's a captivating history
story but it's also a compelling story of human courage and emotion.
The writing is first rate, the pacing sings. This is a treat
of a book.”
—Jim Lehrer, The NewsHour with
Jim Lehrer
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“How easy it is to think of Nashville,
Tennessee as the home of country music; how easy to forget that
Nashville was also America’s first English settlement west
of the Alleghenies, settled by some of our bravest against incalculable
odds. No book has captured the drama of that settlement quite
like Peyton Lewis’s Perilous Journey.”
—Roger Mudd, The
History Channel
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“The men and women who founded our proud
state of Tennessee were people of great courage and valor. Their
sacrifices provided the foundation for all the accomplishments
that have followed. Peyton Lewis has told this story in a way that
does justice to their memory, and I hope these dramatic scenes
will stay with readers long after they close the covers of this
book.”
—Senator Lamar Alexander,
Former Governor of Tennessee
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