Bob Chaffin is the author of three books - Pioneers, Preachers, and Patriots and Ridin' the Blinds, A third book, Pore Folks, Potlucks, and Parables will be available within a few weeks. All three books are available on line at Published By Westview http://www.publishedbywestview.com/ChaffinRR.html or by contacting the author who will mail signed and personalized copies.
This collection of regional history, religion, personal reminiscence, and rumination apply an ample amount of humor to tales reflecting the hardiness of several generations in this Middle Tennessee Region.
I grew up in an idyllic rural setting in Middle Tennessee which I am quite sure is more ideal in remembrance than it was in fact. My father was a consummate story teller and I cut my teeth on tales of yesterday and funny stories that occupied the time and mind before television became a national obsession. As my cousins said at his mother’s funeral; “it was a story that needed telling.”
Bob Chaffin