"Soldiers, Saints and Sinners: Stories of Long Ago" is a series of short stories about West Tennessee history, stretching from the pioneer days to more recent times.
The characters in these stories range from Civil War soldiers -- and a sniper, "Confederate Long Rifle;" to Lucy Holcombe, the "Sweetheart of the Confederacy;" to a con artist posing as a Baptist preacher, "The Holy Cheat;" to Roscoe Turner, amazing aviator and his pet lion Gilmore, "The Lion Who Flew." Gilmore flew all over the nation and spent his last years sunning himself on an African lion farm.
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