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Cross Mountain Books creates and distributes engaging books that inform, educate, and inspire. Please explore, grab a book, and tell a friend!
Experience History in a new way!
Enjoy one of the many titles from Cross Mountain Books and experience history in an engaging way! Learn about the Pecks of Mossy Creek, travel in the 1850s, and life in the South.
Congratulations to Andy Peck for the 2023 East Tennessee Historical Society Community History Leadership Award and 2024 Project Excellence Award for Sawbones!
Sawbones: The Life and Times of Dr. Isham Talbot Peck (1811-1887), Volumes I & II
Sawbones, by Author Andy Peck, Winner of the Community History Leadership Award from the East Tennessee Historical Society!
Enjoy the humorous and revealing articles that captivated the nation from a Southern plantation owner, pre-Civil War physician, sportsmen, and father of nine!
Sawbones reveals Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana history from a man who lived and wrote throughout the majority of the 19th century! Learn more about Jefferson City, Morristown, and Wolf Creek, TN; Hot Springs, NC; Vicksburg, MS; and East Carroll and Madison Parish, LA!
A treasure trove of primary sources, photos, and research for the Peck family and everyone interested in 19th century Southern history!
Learn more about Sawbones HERE.
Volume I & II available now!
Ada's Journal and Emma's Letters
Journey with little Ada as she travels by stagecoach, train, and steamboat in the 1850s South. And learn about life before, during, and after the Civil War in Tennessee and Louisiana. Ada's Journal is great to read for personal enrichment, or for study in school/homeschool settings. (Recommended age 7+)
Ada's Journal and Emma's Letters (paperback) is available from CMB.
eBook/Kindle Version are available on Amazon.com
Hardcover color editions are in stock and ready to ship. Hardcovers are available from our Cross Mountain Books store.
All books are also available on Amazon.com for purchase.
Learn more about Ada's Journal HERE.
Charley's Novel
Do you enjoy historical fiction? This novel, written in 1879 by Prof. Charles T. Peck, reveals the world of the South in the 1870s. Learn about courtship and marriage, love and loss, and see God's providence in the life of the Andersons, a prominent Southern family. This book is perfect to read for leisure or for study. (Recommended age 10+)
Charley's Novel (paperback) is available now from CMB.
eBook/Kindle Version are available on Amazon.com
Hardcover color editions are in stock and ready to ship. Hardcovers are available from our Cross Mountain Books store.
All books are also available on Amazon.com for purchase.
Learn more about Charley's Novel HERE.
Oblique City: Wolf Creek, Tennessee
The first in our series of historical books. Available now from Cross Mountain Books and most major online retailers. Click below to find out more and order today.
Christy LIVE:
Journey to the Christy Mission
Journey to the Christy Mission
Join Andy Peck and Ike Lassiter on a driving and walking tour from Del Rio, Tennessee to the Ebenezer Church and Chapel Hollow, original site of the Christy Mission and "Cutter Gap." The 50th Anniversary Hardcover Edition of Christy is available from Cross Mountain Books (includes a special insert featuring QR codes and driving directions to Chapel Hollow!)
