I am Samuel Gist. I am the author of "The Trial of Andrew Jackson."
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The old man at the Hermitage.
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≻: The old man at the Hermitage.The tire tracks sank into the gravel of the parking lot, the engine ticking as it cooled in the humid…
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Before it was discovered, we were here.
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≻: Before it was discovered, we were here.The Cherokee Nation was a flourishing civilization long before the idea of America even existed. The old man knew their…
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Chapter 4 The Grandstand of death and destruction.
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≻: Chapter 4 The Grandstand of death and destruction.Inside the Hermitage—a place the old man viewed as nothing more than a grandstand of death and destruction—he found himself…
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The common man identity
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≻: The common man identityThe old man knew the concept of the “common man” intimately, because he lived it. He had worked, struggled, and…
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Chapter Seven: The Bill Comes Due
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≻: Chapter Seven: The Bill Comes DueIt was 7 AM, and the early light was finally beginning to crest over the Limestone County treeline. The old…
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The Trial of Andrew Jackson
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Preface
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≻: PrefacePreface:This is not a story about memory. Its not a story shaped by inheritance, by legend or what has been…
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Chapter one: Horseshoe Bend
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≻: Chapter one: Horseshoe BendThe old man was already a grandfather, but life had recently given him a new title: his youngest daughter had…