Set in Mount Airy, North Carolina, Tom Perry tells the story of David and Annette, childhood sweethearts who grew up in the same church only to be seperated by decades only to discover each other again in their fifties to find love and romance.
Historian Thomas D. Perry uses over 200 pages of The Free State of Patrick, Patrick County, Virginia, From the Mabry Mill along the Blue Ridge Parkway to the birthplace of J.E.B. Stuart along the North Carolina line, Perry tells the history of his home county through famous and not so famous people and places.-- Back cover.
Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry tells stories about Mount Airy North Carolina in the Civil War. Chapters include J. E. B. Stuart, Stoneman's Raid, J. H. Carter, and the sons of the Siamese Twins in the War Between the States.
James I. Robertson Jr. of Virginia Tech calls Tom Perry's The Free State Of Patrick a "masterful job" in telling the story of Patrick County Virginia in the American Civil War. Perry, a graduate of Virginia Tech in nearly 400 pages tells the story of his home county in the War Between The States.
Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry tells the story of his friend David Minter of Ma, rtinsville, Henry County, Virginia, in a life that saw war in Korea, family tragedies and share a military heritage that spans generations of one family in the United States of America. David is an ordinary man, who along with his family gave extraordinary service to this country.
This book is part history of Civil War General James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart and his family in North America and part guide book for the Laurel Hill Farm, Stuart's birthplace in Ararat, Virginia, [and] is based on over two decades of research by historian Tom Perry, who started the effort to save Stuart's birthplace in 1990.-- Back cover.
Formed in January 1777, Henry County was named for the Commonwealth of Virginia's first governor, Patrick Henry, who lived in the county from 1779 until 1784. Located along the border of North Carolina, the county was once home to the famous antebellum Hairston family. In the 20th century, textiles, furniture, and the chemical manufacturer DuPont made up the large industrial base of the county. With the recent outsourcing of jobs, the county has turned to other economic sources such as the Martinsville Speedway, Virginia Museum of Natural History, and the Bassett Historical Center, which provided most of the photographs in this book.
Formed in 1790, Patrick County is named for the Commonwealth of Virginias first governor, Patrick Henry, who lived in neighboring Henry County. Located along the border of North Carolina where the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Appalachian Range cross the state line, the Free State of Patrick is half piedmont and half mountain plateau. This dividing geographic feature is reflected in the mountain people of Scots-Irish and German descent along with English living below the mountain heights. This divergent population produced tobacco magnate R. J. Reynolds; Civil War general J. E. B. Stuart; Virginia governor Gerald Baliles; Virginias highest-elected female, former attorney general Mary Sue Terry; and World Series pitcher Brad Clontz.
As the American Civil War began to run down the southern Virginia town of Martinsville in Henry County saw one of the last actions of that war. A Confederate cavalry regiment under the command of James T. Wheeler met the brigade of Union Brevet Brigadier General William J. Palmer on April 8, 1865. The result was a victory for the United States forces. This book tells the story of that fight for Martinsville and the life of Palmer, who was born a Quaker in Delaware and ended his life as a millionaire businessman in Colorado.
Historian Thomas D. Perry details the men from Patrick and Henry Counties in Virginia, who lost their lives in the Vietnam Conflict. Perry took rubbings from the Vietnam Memorial in 2005 and 2011 and worked with the Martinsville-Henry County Heritage Center and Museum to create an exhibit beginning in November 2011.
On February 11, 1865, Union Cavalry under the command of Judson "Kill Cavalry" Kilpatrick met Confederate forces under Joseph "Fighting Joe" Wheeler in the town of Aiken, South Carolina. In one of the last victories for the South during the War Between The States, Wheeler routed Kilpatrick, but was unable to stop William T. Sherman's "March Through The Carolinas," which ended with Southern surrender at the Bennett Place in North Carolina. R. Wayne Jones tells the story of this battle, which protected Augusta, Georgia, from Sherman's marauders and kept hope alive for the Confederate States of America.
Tom Perry's Laurel Hill Publishing's History and Memory Series comes to Fieldale, Virginia, located in Henry County in 2011. This two hundred page plus books tells the history and the heritage, the historic memory of the town along the Smith River created by the towel mill from Marshall Field and Company in the early twentieth century.
Everett M. Bennett grew up in the Penn's Store community of Henry County, Virginia. He graduated from Spencer-Penn High School before joining the U. S. Army and finding himself in occupied Berlin in 1947, where Life Magazine photographer Walter Sanders made him the cover image of the February 10, 1947, Life Magazine. Bennett returned to Martinsville and Henry County before returning to active service Korea. He returned to Martinsville and spent the rest of his life. This book tells his story, the times he lived and the images he saved along the way.
This book takes the family of Civil War General James Ewell Brown Stuart from the time they arrived in North America through the 1990s. It is a starting point for anyone thinking they are related to the famous cavalryman.
Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry tells the story of Civil War General James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart and his first sweetheart Elizabeth Perkins "Bettie" Hairston in this book on the history of Patrick and Henry Counties in Virginia in the antebellum period and through the War Between The States. Using Stuart's letters to Hairston, Perry tells the story of their romance and their lives afterwards. The story comes forward to the piano she played and he sang with her in the days before a war torn this nation apart.
Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry has put together all his speeches over the last thirty years in one place. From the Civil War, Presidential history, wars from the American Revolution to Vietnam and authors from Ernest Hemingway to Edgar Allan Poe, this book speaks to a lifetime of historic preservation and talking about history.
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