There's never been a horse like the Tennessee Stud and most Americans have heard of his exploits, thanks to a haunting and chart-busting country song. Thomas Fox Averill's novel captures the spirit of Jimmy Driftwood's Tennessee Stud . As he began to imagine the story behind the lyrics, Averill set out to research the song's history a tale from along about eighteen and twenty five of the horse and its owner. Traveling the route the song chronicles, from Tennessee into Arkansas, through Texas and into Mexico...His novel tells the story of Robnert Johnson, a man who holds a love in his heart for his lively Jo, though adventure rules his time. Pursued by a bounty hunter, Indians and his conscience, Johnson and his horse are tested and emerge triumphant. 2011, 212 pages. Description from book jacket.