The Lightwood Chronicles (Lightwood History Collection Book 1)
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The Lightwood Chronicles (Lightwood History Collection Book 1) - Kindle edition by Brainard Cheney, Caroline Gordon, Marion Erwin, Stephen Whigham. Buy now with 1-Click Deliver to your Kindle or other device kindle unlimited logo The Lightwood Chronicles (Lightwood History Collection Book 1) (Nov
Open Preview See a Problem? Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Forsyth of Normandale, Superintendent of the Dodge Land Company in south Georgia, lay dead from a shotgun blast fired through his window as he read a newspaper.
The Lightwood Chronicles presents the history and the fiction associated with this tragic tale. Articles on the pine barrens, the trial, and other topics address the facts.
The Lightwood Chronicles (The Lightwood History Collection)
Author Brainard Cheney, a native of the area, published the novel Lightwood in , basing it on the convoluted events of the Dodge Land Wars. Forsyth's "assassination," as the locals deemed the murder, culminated nearly thirty years of struggle between local landowners, called squatters, and the Dodge Company, the northern investors. The Dodges owned , acres of prime timber land in a remote area of the state, labeled "wild lands" by some historians.
Purchased under disputed legal title just after the Civil War ended, some of the land was home to many subsistence farmers. Local attorney Luther A. Hall, a giant of a man who wore an eyepatch as a result of a disfiguring childhood accident, fought for the squatters in court. His charisma carried the day in the local courts, but faltered when the Dodge used political influence to take the cases to Federal Court.
As the squatters were thrown off of their land by the courts, they turned to violence and sabotage against the timber concerns. In , a conspiracy allegedly formed to murder Forsyth and included Luther Hall, a local sheriff and assorted squatters. They were convicted in Federal court and sentenced to life terms. This legal case made its way through the courts for more than fifty years, ending in Many legal experts consider this to be one of the most complex legal actions in United States history.
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Its settlement left a devastated landscape and many victims in the piney woods of south Georgia. Kindle Edition , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. This is an historical fiction novel, however it fairly accurately tells the real story of the "land war" that occurred in middle, south Georgia following the Civil War involving the conflicting interest between the long term "settlers" in the "pine barrens and the newly formed New York timber company who claimed ownership over most of the land between between the Ocmulgee and Oconee Rivers, thousands of acres of virgin pine forests.
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The names of the major "players: As a resident of this area of Georgia, it is a very interesting read, especially when one can identify who some of the fictional characters are based on. Jessica Schwind rated it it was amazing Aug 25, Holly Muller rated it really liked it Oct 31, Krystal rated it really liked it Aug 01, Delway Burton rated it really liked it Feb 04, Ken Carroll rated it it was amazing Feb 29, S W rated it it was amazing Oct 28, Henderson rated it really liked it Jun 05, Suzanne Wilson rated it it was amazing Jan 27, Peggy added it Jan 14, Annie marked it as to-read Jun 16, Holly H marked it as to-read Nov 16, Bev baglady marked it as to-read Jun 09, Cindy marked it as to-read Jun 16, Deba marked it as to-read Jun 20, Katie marked it as to-read Jun 20, Les marked it as to-read Jul 01, Betty Macy marked it as to-read Jul 02, Jerry marked it as to-read Aug 23, Joan Boxell marked it as to-read Sep 12, The first time Alec saw him Everything in his head went quiet.
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