This schoolteacher, newspaperman, lawyer, Whig leader, and Confederate general was also Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite for more than thirty years and "completely transformed and popularized the Masonic movement in the American South and Far West."--Jacket.

"A major work on early pioneers and prominent citizens and families of Arkansas, Shinn's Pioneers covers the history of the settlement of the state from its formation down to the latter half of the nineteenth century. In addition to numerous biographical sketches containing considerable genealogical data, Shinn's history contains extensive genealogies of the following families: Brilhart, Coffman/Cuffman, Davis, Desha, Fletcher, Garland, Hall, Johnson,...

In this "authorized biography of Michael Dale Huckabee, Scott Lamb reached into the vaults of Huckabee's past to show us the man behind the politician. With access to to personal and professional files, including dozens of exclusive interviews with family and friends..."--Page 4 of cover.