A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds: On Inflammation, Erysipelas, and Mortification, on Injuries of Nerves (1827)

One of the most interesting periods in the history of this country was from the mid-teens to the mid-thirties. It was a transition from the basics to the beginning of modem times. In the teens and early twenties, airplanes and even automobiles were few and not yet totally accepted. Radio was new and rural electricity was almost unheard of. In the rural South, folks spoke their own language, basically English, but many words had letters added and many others had letters changed or dropped. Talking differently was far more important to them than talking correctly. Some of it was to camouflage the lack of book learning. Few had more than a third to a sixth grade education because they had to quit school early to work in the fields. This book is about those times, those places and those people. There is infidelity, moonshining, two murders and an accidental killing. It is historically correct in every respect. Were they to be pitied or envied? After reading this book, If You Don’t Know It’s Bad, It Isn’t, you may find it difficult to decide. A glossary of old timey Southern talk is included at the back of this book.