Stanley Horn

Stanley F. Horn (May 27, 1889[1]-1980) was a historian, businessman, and editor. He was born in Davidson County, Tennessee.[2] After graduating from high school, he started working for the Cumberland Telephone Company. In 1908, he began working for the Southern Lumberman, a trade paper on the lumber business. Horn became interested in "state and Civil War history."[3] He wrote a book about Robert E. Lee in 1935. In the late 1930s, his book The Hermitage: Home of Old Hickory and Invisible Empire: The Story of the Ku Klux Klan was finished. In 1941, he penned The Army of Tennessee: A Military History. In 1949, he completed The Robert E. Lee Reader. In the mid-1950s, he wrote The Decisive Battle of Nashville. He won the Building Journalism Award from the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.foresthistory.org/research/biltmore_project/ohis/hornohi.pdf
  2. ↑ http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/index.php
  3. ↑ http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/index.php
  4. ↑ http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/index.php
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