The Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs: Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers is a novel written by Johnson Jones Hooper in 1846. The story follows the exploits of Captain Simon Suggs, a charming and cunning con artist who travels through the American South in the early 19th century. Through a series of humorous and satirical anecdotes, readers are introduced to Suggs' various schemes and scams, as well as his run-ins with law enforcement and other colorful...