Stanley Horn
Stanley Fitzgerald Horn (May 27, 1889-1980) was a historian, businessman, and editor. He was born at Neely's Bend in Davidson County, Tennessee, USA, on a farm that had been in his family since the eighteenth century. 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. A lifelong admiration for Robert E. Lee resulted in Horn's first book in 1935, entitled "Boys' Life of Robert E. Lee . In 1938, his book The Hermitage: Home of Old Hickory" was published. In the following year, "Invisible Empire: The Story of the Ku Klux Klan (1866-1871)" was finished. In 1941, he wrote "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". In all, Horn authored and published nine books pertaining to the Civil War. He won the Building Journalism Award from the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.