One quote from the review stood out in my mind and perfectly captured what we tried to convey in John Sevier: Tennessee's First Hero as a work of historiographical scholarship:
"...history is anything but a recitation of the documented facts. Nor is it immutable. It always reflects the motives of the people generating it..."
Read Chapter 16's entire review of John Sevier: Tennessee's First Hero at the following link:
http://www.chapter16.org/content/gordon-belt-and-traci-nichols-belt-examine-how-history-has-treated-tennessee-founding-father
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Gordon Belt is an information professional, archives advocate, public historian, and author of The History Press book, John Sevier: Tennessee's First Hero, which examines the life of Tennessee's first governor, John Sevier, through the lens of history and memory. On The Posterity Project, Gordon offers reflections on archives, public history, and memory from his home state of Tennessee.
