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John E. Talbott is an American lawyer, historian and author.

LIFE AND EDUCATION

Born in 1973 in East Tennessee, Talbott was raised in the small north McNairy county town of Finger. The descendant of a long line of merchants and farmers, he grew up learning the same trades. He attended schools in both McNairy and Chester Counties and eventually graduated from Freed-Hardeman University in 1995. He taught school before attending and graduating from the Cecil C. Humphrey's School of Law at the University of Memphis. He has been active in local public affairs in various counties in West Tennessee.

WORKS

Talbott has been active in the preservation of both regional history, literature and folklore since 1995. He is the author and/or editor of more than seven books with three scheduled to be published in 2024 and 2025. Aside from his own works of history, he has also been active in the preservation and publication of the unpublished works of the late Southern writer, Jack Happel Boone, including saving Boone's lost southern novel, Woods Girl. He has only recently completed his own first work of fiction, The Storekeeper's Vigil and Other Tales, to be published in the spring of 2024.