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'Mystery' diary illuminates Civil War-era life in Tennessee
Jill Cowan, [email protected] 10:02 p.m. CST December 8, 2015
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(Photo: Shelley Mays / The Tennessean)
Its marble-printed cardboard cover made the journal look ordinary — like something you could pick up at Barnes and Noble today — hiding the brittle, yellowing pages covered with fine script inside.
A penciled inscription on the front page was retired science teacher Andrea Shearn's only clue to its origins.
More: http://www.tennessean.com/story/new...e/76579092/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin
(Photo: Shelley Mays / The Tennessean)
Its marble-printed cardboard cover made the journal look ordinary — like something you could pick up at Barnes and Noble today — hiding the brittle, yellowing pages covered with fine script inside.
A penciled inscription on the front page was retired science teacher Andrea Shearn's only clue to its origins.
More: http://www.tennessean.com/story/new...e/76579092/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin