An ex-Memphis cop and a friend of Carson is in trouble – but what kind of trouble? While trying to answer that question, Carson finds more questions - and all with no answers. What Carson also finds is trouble coming from all directions. The Mafia, the Teamsters Union, an unhappy sheriff and some very rough characters are all looking for his friend, and Carson is in the middle of this mess. An apparently senseless murder only complicates Carson’s problems, which makes getting to the truth more difficult. Things are not what they seem in Carson Reno’s adventure at ‘Reelfoot’

"The history of the people of the Reelfoot Country is anything but dull; it is the story of which movies are made. Reelfoot Lake has played more than a casual role in the life of many of my family members for the past 170 years. My great-great grandfather along with other family members settled in the hills above the lake in the early 1850s. Some would eventually move to the lake. Their descendants became farmers, fisherman, merchants, preachers, public school teachers, bootleggers and public office holders. I was privileged to have been reared in the lake district and as with all young boys, the lake was a part of my early life. I was also privileged tp serve for almost twenty years as the district attorney and circuit judge of a judicial district which included Obion County. In some respects, this is a personal book. I attended church, school and associated with a number of the grandchildren of some of the more prominent Night Riders. During my boyhood years, I listened to the stories of Night Rider incidents as personally related by the victims of those incidents---primarily my family members...." (---from the Preface)

Each year nearly a quarter million visitors come to Reelfoot Lake, also known as “The Earthquake Lake,” to enjoy its natural splendor. With its twenty-five thousand acres of shimmering water, haunting cypress swamps, and two-hundred-year-old lily marshes, the lake is rich in natural beauty and natural history. Yet, despite being one of the most unique lakes in the country—this natural body of water formed during the New Madrid earthquakes in the early nineteenth century—it is relatively understudied. Biologist and environmentalist Jim W. Johnson grew up on the lake and experienced its natural and cultural history firsthand. As a wildlife biologist, he spent much of his career managing Reelfoot and its surrounding area. Reelfoot Lake: Oasis on the Mississippi is part personal remembrance, part guidebook, and part cautionary tale on river and wetland ecology, conservation, and land management, written by an author intimately knowledgeable about the lake and life on it. By exploring Reelfoot’s ancient and recent history, Johnson illuminates the lives of generations of people who lived and thrived in the floodplain. For those looking to navigate the waters of the lake, this book will make travel through the bayous and canals much easier and more pleasurable. And its discussions about the lake’s ecology will bolster voices calling for the protection and preservation of Reelfoot and other wetlands like it. Accompanied by stunning photography, Johnson’s book is sure to become a useful outdoor guide to Reelfoot Lake and will increase readers’ appreciation for wetlands.

Myrna Boless parents name her after a movie star, but growing up, life is anything but glamorous. In fact, she was lucky to be born at all, given that her mother tried to abort her by drinking turpentine. Fortunately, it didnt work, and in 1932 she was born. As a child, her family moved to the Bottomthe poor section of Union City, Tennessee. They didnt get there by accident. Others had simply grown tired of trying to help the family out because they knew their money would just end up in the belly of Myrnas alcoholic father. Meanwhile, as time goes on, Myrnas mother struggles just to keep her sanity. In this memoir, Myrna looks back at her life growing up in the rural South during the Great Depression, poor and unwanted. She endures bullying, abuse, cancer, and divorce. But through it all, she does her best to survive and seeks to find a better life From the Bottom.

Newly updated for 2016, the Western Tennessee Fishing Map Guide is a thorough, easy-to-use collection of detailed contour lake maps, fish stocking data, and the best fishing spots and tips from area experts. Fishing maps, detailed area road maps and exhaustive fishing information for western Tennessee fisheries are provided in this handy eBook. Between the monster catfish of the Mississippi and the crappies of Lake Kentucky, you shouldn't run out of fishing opportunities in the western third of the Volunteer State. Of course, if that's not enough we've also included the stream fishery and over 70 other lakes. The book features editorial by Doug Markham, Max Moss, Jeff Samsel, Vernon Summerlin and Keith "Catfish" Sutton. Whether you’re after stripers on Lake Barkley, bass on Pickwick Lake or big crappies on Reelfoot, you'll find all the information you need to enjoy a successful day out on the water on one of the region's many excellent fisheries. Know your waters. Catch more fish with the Western Tennessee Fishing Map Guide.

A notable and tragic case of the struggle between legal and social justice Reelfoot Lake has been a hunting and fishing paradise from the time of its creation in 1812, when the New Madrid earthquake caused the Mississippi River to flow backward into low-lying lands. Situated in the northwestern corner of the state of Tennessee, it attracted westward-moving pioneers, enticing some to settle permanently on its shores. Threatened in 1908 with the loss of their homes and livelihoods to aggressive, outsider capitalists, rural folk whose families had lived for generations on the bountiful lake donned hoods and gowns and engaged in “night riding,” spreading mayhem and death throughout the region as they sought vigilante justice. They had come to regard the lake as their own, by “squatters’ rights,” but now a group of entrepreneurs from St. Louis had bought the titles to the land beneath the shallow lake and were laying legal claim to Reelfoot in its entirety. People were hanged, beaten, and threatened and property destroyed before the state militia finally quelled the uprising. A compromise that made the lake public property did not entirely heal the wounds which continue to this day. Paul Vanderwood reconstructs these harrowing events from newspapers and other accounts of the time. He also obtained personal interviews with participants and family members who earlier had remained mum, still fearing prosecution. The Journal of American History declares his book “the complete and authentic treatment” of the horrific dispute and its troubled aftermath.