Publisher's Synopsis
Thomas D. "Tom" Perry, author of Beyond Mayberry: A Memoir of Andy Griffith and Mount Airy North Carolina, tells the fictional tale of The Battle of Mount Pilot. This book is Mayberry Fan Fiction, based on the real life story of George Stoneman's 1865 Raid at the end of the American Civil War through Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina, Andy Griffith's real life family in the War Between The States, and some characters and stories familiar to those who watch The Andy Griffith Show. This book tells the fictional story of how Pilot Mountain once had two knobs before a battle caused one of the knobs to be blown off the mountain based on an idea from a photoshopped image from Ron Leonard of Carroll County, Virginia.
