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Title: Home in the Wilderness by Effie Meek Maiden, Anne Meek, Marilyn Brooks Hammonds ISBN: 0-9742401-0-9 Publisher: Anne Meek Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Life on the Frontier
Comment: This book provides an authentic view of life on the Tennessee frontier in the period from 1848 to 1880. The author not only captured the day to day life of a farm family but the humor and warmth that went with the hardships and heavy labor they endured. In addition, the book is historically accurate in describing actions and life during the Civil War and the aftermath, with the coming of the railroads and civilization.
Based upon family stories, the author has woven a tale in a novel format but with great accuracy and has included the names of the various families in the area at the time.
I was sorry when I put I reached the end and put it down. I wished that she had continued with more stories.

Rating: 5
Summary: More about Home in the Wilderness
Comment: Home in the Wilderness is a novelized family history covering the years 1848-1880 in West Tennessee. Effie wrote the book in the 1930s and 40s in Dresden, Tennessee, but it was not published. In 2000, the Meek and Maiden families began to check the facts in the manuscript and to prepare it for publication, complete with end notes to confirm facts, a few old photos, and family trees of all the descendants of James and Mary Meek. Now everyone interested in this period and region can read this fascinating account from an author who grew up hearing legends and lore around the family dinner table.

Civil War buffs may find the descriptions of movements with General Nathan Bedford Forrest of particular interest, and the book includes an authentic letter from William Meek describing the Battle of Brice's Crossroads.

Home in the Wilderness contains historical vignettes of Marshall County, Chapel Hill, Nashville, Memphis, Weakley County, the Duck River, and Martin--all in Tennessee. There are also references to Hickman, KY; Columbus,KY; and Hernando and West Point and the Battle of Brice's Crossroads, MS.

Surnames in the book include MEEK, HENLEY, WILSON, HOPKINS, HAWLEY, MAIDEN, RALSTON, SIMS, HENDRIX, WAGGONER, COOK, ATKISON, MARTIN, HARPER, TREVATHAN, TREVILLION, CULBERTSON, WOOD, COLE, FREEMAN, BALDRIDGE, HOGARD, HAWKINS, LEFFLER, and MAHON.

Most of the facts in the manuscript are accurate, for example, the early street names in Nashville (1848); the buildings, locations, and roads named in Memphis (1864); and the battle reports regarding Columbus, KY, Brice's Crossroads, MS, Forrest's raids on Memphis, and the fighting at Union City, TN.

Hope you enjoy the book!