Bill Puryear to appear on "A Word on Words"
Be sure and watch John Seigenthaler's interview with Bill on local NPT Sunday September 25th at 10:30am.

Jack Masters & Bill Puryear

TSLA Prominently Displays our Pioneer Books

Display at Tennessee State Library and Archives
Patrons entering the main reading room at TSLA in Nashville are greeted with our books on display.   A recent visitor, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, commented that he had both books in his personal library.

We appreciate our relationship with the the staff at TSLA - - where we also spend a lot of time researching.

Jack Masters & Bill Puryear

Houston County Public Library receives New Books

Nina Finley and Kay French
Jack Masters met recently with representatives in Houston County and discussed the work being accomplished to be able to place North Carolina Land Grants in Houston County.

North Carolina Land Grants on the Cumberland River from Kentucky all the way to Gainesboro, Tennessee, are a part of Volume 3 expected to be available mid 2012.

Jack Masters & Bill Puryear

Thoroughfare for Freedom now Available

Co-Author Jack Masters signs his newest book Thoroughfare for Freedom for Society President Joe Davenport at the most recent meeting of Cannon County Historical Society.
A Program dealing with North Carolina Land Grants was presented to an enthusiastic Society Membership in conjuction with the regular meeting of the Cannon County Historical Society last Monday May 10th. The new books were received the day of the meeting and will be mailed to those who previously ordered starting in the next few days.

Jack Masters & Bill Puryear

Image courtesy of Donna Nichols

Thoroughfare for Freedom now available in pre publication

Volume II of our series is now available in pre publication sales. To be delivered in May, this work represents the second of three volumes centered on early Cumberland River Valley Pioneers.

Order yours now by clicking here

Pre publication sales will continue thru April at a discounted price.

Jack Masters

Historical focus on James Robertson

L - R David Wright, Kaki Johnston, Bill Puryear, Jack Masters & Aubrey Preston
These folks got together at Animalia in Leipers Fork recently to discuss Aubrey Preston's concept of historical focus on pioneer James Robertson.

Schedules Announced for Future Publications

After a very busy year and a half your authors have determined a target schedule for Publication of Volume II & III.

Volume II along with Data Supplement 3 for the next set of counties will be available for purchase in May 2011.

Volume III along with Data Supplement 4 for the next set of counties will be available for purchase in October 2011.

We'll announce the schedule for ordering with pre-publication pricing as soon as possible - - meantime we will be very busy completing this book project.

Our web site has been updated to reflect all future publication plans.

Regards - your authors

Jack Masters & Bill Puryear