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Seth Tabor purchases land from Coy Bryant and settles on Big Creek with a view of where the creek joins the Buffalo River. The hickory trees that grow on the bench land prove perfect for his trade of making handles for farm tools. While preparing to cut a tree, he notices something strange going on at the Bryant barn below the bluff. It looks like a meeting that shouldn't be happening. Whatever it is, isn't his business, but when his work is interrupted by two shotgun blasts, he focuses more on the land below. A horseman, who must have been hidden inside the barn, rides away in a hurry, however, Seth is too far away to see his face. He decides to keep his distance when finally, a crowd starts to gather and he watches the town folks put two bodies in the back of a wagon. He turns to his friend Willie Sutton with his secret, but doesn't reveal everything he knows. In trying to find more answers, Seth decides to go to church at Cozy to see if he can hear any scuttlebutt. He is unprepared when he meets the beautiful redhead Melissa Bryant, who he gives his condolences for losing her uncle in the shooting. Melissa captures his heart and their relationship grows, but questions of what he saw that day, and his search for answers continue to haunt Seth. Will he ever know the truth? Will he tell Willie or the sheriff what he's been keeping to himself? Find out when you read "Moonshiner, the Witness".

Missy's mother is owned by, and cooks for, the Mathews family. Her father furnishes supplies to the Matthews' kitchen. Born into slavery, Missy is half black and half Choctaw Indian. She grows up with Caleb Matthews, her owner's son. Caleb's attraction to Missy grows as they get older, and hers for him does the same. In their teenage years, the relationship leads to them having two children. However, to save the Matthews family any embarrassment, Missy is left heartbroken when her children are taken away and Caleb is sent off to college. She has no choice but to stay and cook for the family and vows to make the best of it.Missy's Life as a Slave follows the disappointments and growth of the relationships of the characters. Missy's honesty, devotion to the family and her dedication to her duties as a slave, wins the hearts of the Matthews'. Many lives are changed by the young woman.The end of slavery after the Civil War was the start of a new day, which depicts the journey to freedom.

Born into slavery, at an early age it's discovered Zeek is the grandson of the plantation owner Donald Mathews. Mathews, embarrassed that the boy looks so much like his son, decides to transfer ownership of Zeek and his brother to an old friend in Mississippi. As grown men and still enslaved, 'the boys', as they are referred to, are contracted to work with a crew surveying the Louisiana purchase. They make the trek to Tennessee where they make friends with some young white men. These relationships reshape Zeek's life forever. Zeek's journey takes him through many changes, but of one he's not sure. Will he ever be a free man? None of the events or names in this story are based on real characters. Zeek's Journey to Freedom is my attempt to tell the story of the early journey of slaves to become free.

Seventeen-year-old Ed Tice is a gifted church speaker in Wayne County Tennessee. So gifted the churches pay his way to a school in Memphis so he can become a full-fledged preacher. He takes housing with one of the professors and falls in love with the man's daughter, Elizabeth, who finds out Ed has a drinking problem. When he won't comply with her wishes, she goes to her father. Banished from school, losing the love of his life and too ashamed to go home, Ed takes up odd jobs here and there until he lands in Arkansas where he's hired to work in a hardware store. The store owner, Mr. Carr, is a staunch Christian and after hearing Ed's story he wants to help him with his problem. Carr insists Ed speak at his church, hoping this will start him back on the right path.When Ed discovers a number of people he knows live in Big Flat, Arkansas, he realizes to become the Godly man he wants to be, he has to pay back the churches for his failed education and move to Big Flat. His main goal is to convert bootlegger Willy Sitton to Christianity. In the process of facing off with Willy, Ed tries, though still fighting his own demon's, to win Elizabeth's heart back. Will he earn the love and trust of the woman who holds his heart, overcome his craving of the devil's brew, succeed with saving Willy and live happily ever after? Will he become a total failure in his efforts for one, or all three aspirations? Find out who wins in The Moonshiner and the Preacher.