Tell Us, Marcellus...: The Thorntons of Harper House

by Claudia Ward and Richard Eller

They were Hickory's most prominent and interesting couple. Elizabeth Camp Denison Rutherford was twice widowed, the second time by an older man who left her a fortune. Marcellus Thornton was a peacock, who became a brief nationwide sensation for eating a quail a day for 30 straight days. They met, courted and married in Washington, DC and with her inheritance, went on a spree of buying an Atlanta newspaper which failed and a Kentucky coal mine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1959346261
• ISBN13: 9781959346265
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Redhawk Publications
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"