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Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry tells the many histories of the place he saved the Laurel Hill Farm, Birthplace of Civil War General James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart in their hometown of Ararat, Patrick County, Virginia. This is Volume One of a proposed series. Proceeds from this book are donated to the preservation efforts of the J. E. B. Stuart Birthplace Preservation Trust, Inc. a 501c3 non-profit that owns the 75 acres of the Laurel Hill Farm.

Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry tells the story of Jeb Stuart and Bettie Hairston and their romance before the Civil War.

Author and Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry tells the story of his first school, where his father was principal. This book is used to raise money for the Perry Family Scholarship that gives money to a Patrick County High School Senior each year.

The story of a father and a daughter separated for twenty-one years until the latter comes looking for the former. Sadly, they never had a chance, but this book speaks to the tragedy of mental health issues and the dysfunctional world and families that we all live with in today's society.

The Graham Mansion in Wythe County Virginia is one of Virginia's most haunted houses. Located in Southwest Virginia, paranormal experiences stretch back to the beginning of this country. iHistorian Thomas D. Perry tells the history and the tales of the paranormal from multiple investigations and first person accounts of experiences at the Graham Mansion.

Based on over two decades of research Historian Thomas D. Perry tells the story of Civil War General J. E. B. Stuart and his family in North America. This book is also a guide book to the Laurel Hill Farm, Stuart's Birthplace in Ararat, Virginia, which the author led the effort to preserve in 1990.

Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry shares his journeys through African-American history in his thirty year career of studying history along the Virginia and North Carolina border between Mount Airy, Surry County, North Carolina, and Ararat, Patrick County, Virginia. Subjects include Booker T. Washington, Frederick Douglass, John Hope Franklin, and the slaves that lived in the ironically named Free State of Patrick.

Thomas D. "Tom" Perry, author of Beyond Mayberry: A Memoir of Andy Griffith and Mount Airy North Carolina, tells the fictional tale of The Battle of Mount Pilot. This book is Mayberry Fan Fiction, based on the real life story of George Stoneman's 1865 Raid at the end of the American Civil War through Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina, Andy Griffith's real life family in the War Between The States, and some characters and stories familiar to those who watch The Andy Griffith Show. This book tells the fictional story of how Pilot Mountain once had two knobs before a ...

This books tells the story of history along the Ararat River from its beginning at Bell's Spur in Patrick County Virginia until it flows into the Yadkin River in Surry County, North Carolina.

Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry writes about growing up in Ararat, Patrick County, Virginia, centered around his car a 1964 snow white Volkswagen that he got when he turned 16 and drove until his marriage at age 28.

History from Patrick County, Virginia, and Regional History from Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry.

Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry tells the story of Civil War General James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart's ancestors who fought in the American Revolution. Alexander Stuart fought at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse with Nathaniel Greene. William Letcher lost his life at the hands of Tories on the Laurel Hill Farm in Ararat, Patrick County, Virginia, where over fifty years later J. E. B. Stuart was born. The Laurel Hill Farm known as Stuart's Birthplace is part of a 75 acre park preserving the history of the family that has fought in almost every war this country has participated.

James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart's father Archibald Stuart held every political position that Patrick County, Virginia, could elect him too. This book tells about the life of the father of the Confederate Major General Stuart, who served one term in the United States House of Representatives and multiple terms in the Virginia House of Delegates and Senate along with long tenures as Commonwealth Attorney for multiple counties in Southwest Virginia. Married to Elizabeth Letcher Pannill Stuart, the couple raised over ten children at their home, Laurel Hill, in Patrick County, Virginia, just ...

In March 1944, eleven young men lost their lives in a plane crash on Patrick County Virginia's Bull Mountain on a training mission. Educator Clarence Hall spent many years researching the crash. He and others put up two memorials to the men who lost their lives on the mountain and at the county courthouse in Stuart, Virginia. Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry tells the story of the men, their mission and the memorials to their sacrifice.

Historian Thomas D. "Tom" Perry writes about the Virginia Counties of Patrick and Henry and the men who served and in some cases died in Vietnam.

Historian Tom Perry tells the story of the Lester Family of Henry County Virginia focusing on the life George "Captain Till" Lester. This is story of Civil War and the lumber company that morphs into development and family triumphs and tragedy. The family home known as the "Wedding Cake" house is still a landmark in Martinsville, Virginia.

Historian Thomas D. Perry tells the story of George Stoneman's Raid Through Patrick, Henry, and Surry Counties in North Carolina and Viginia in April 1865 at the end of the American Civil War.

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.

Continuing in his seven deadly sins series, author Thomas D. Perry tells the story about envy and revenge.

The White Sulphur Springs, North Carolina, was once a the site of a resort hotel. Today, the historic area is preserved and interpreted along the Ararat River, just outside Mount Airy, North Carolina, the basis for the fictional town of Mayberry from the Andy Griffith Show. The White Sulphur Springs was going to be the site of a residential community for houses and rental cabins. Today, it is a wedding venue on the banks of the Ararat River at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains. This book explores the history, the present status of the site and the development combining the simpler life ...