Childish

Might be good for kids. I found it too unrealistic and predictably corny . Can't believe I read the whole book.

A great intro to early Tennessee history.
Much of the actual (non-fiction) history is here with
all of the names and places inserted into the fictional storyline.

It describes the events leading to the pushing out of the Cherokee from north of the Smoky Mountains and the development of the first free government in America, outside the British colonies and before the Revolution.

I'm moving onto the next in the series, The Border Men.

review of The Overmountain Men

I found this to be a very excellent book. It had an alluring mix of fictional story and historical events. I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish.

Kindle Issues

Overall, this is an interesting historical novel that has been thoroughly researched. The many characters are varied and well developed, the storyline is intriguing with a number of various subplots, and attention to detail is solid. There are a number of format issues with the Kindle translation. It also bothered me that Christina's daughter Beth was unmentioned when Christina died. Cooper was there; where was Beth?. Took off one star.

Superb story!

Cameron Judd tells a great story. It takes you to that time and place with characters that that are full and believable.

I'll admit that I bought this book as well as the companion volumes of the trilogy because they were deeply discounted through Amazon. I've always been interested in early Tennessee history, particularly the history of East Tennessee. While I don't normally read historical fiction, the subject matter and price of the book were a good combination for me to get out of my comfort zone. I really wasn't expecting the book to be that great. However, I found myself pleasantly surprised. The writing itself was technically quite good. The story was compelling and believable. As far as I could tell, the factual historical details were accurate and seamlessly interwoven with the fictional plot and characters. One of the book's traits I appreciated the most was the author's tact and delicacy in describing some of the brutal realities of life on the frontier. He didn't give long-winded descriptions full of gratuitous violence and needless detail, but the reader also isn't left wondering what happened. I wish more modern authors would adopt this approach to realism. I look forward to reading the other two books in the trilogy.

This is the first book in the Tennessee Frontier Trilogy. If you like history this is a series you will enjoy.

This was a really, really good book. I've never heard of Cameron Judd before, but his books kept showing up in my emails advertising Kindle sales. So I gave it a go, and was quite impressed. I'm surprised these books haven't caught traction on Goodreads and I can't find much info of the author. I just hope he had his heyday in the 90s back when this was written.

I've since purchased more from this author, and plan to finish out the Tennessee Frontier trilogy. This book had great characters, full of emotions and heart, yada-yada... all the cliché praises.

Most importantly, it was quite a harsh, horrific history lesson.

For what it's worth, I hope that any fan of American history and the Frontier, who reads this review, will place this on their TBR and one day give it a try. I promise, it'd be worth your time

Good Fiction

Good representation of the life that people endured at that time period. It also spoke well of the failings of men.

the painful evolution of a new nation.

A good story, probably very similar to actual events that happened over and over again as the United States was slowly born.

I don't know how to even start telling you about this book. First off, don't get side tracked by the 13 hours the book takes to read. It's worth it. This story takes place in the early 1700's when men had just started building forts out west for protection from the Native Americans. The battle between the Natives and the American's is a well know story and this one is no different. Some become friends but most remain enemies. We all know how this book ends because we've read it in History books so I won't go there. I think you will really enjoy this book even with the length. I sure did. Give it a try and see what you think.

Another great story by Judd. Loved it!