Growing up, Jerry Thompson knew only that his grandfather was a gritty, "mixed-blood" Cherokee cowboy named Joe Lynch Davis.
Wrecked Lives and Lost Souls , the result of Thompson\'s sleuthing into his family\'s past, uncovers the lawless life and times of.
But after Thompson\'s mother died, the award-winning historian discovered a shoebox full of letters that held the key to a long-Lost family history of passion, violence, and despair.
That was all anyone cared to say about the man.
Growing up, Jerry Thompson knew only that his grandfather was a gritty, "mixed-blood" Cherokee cowboy named Joe Lynch Davis