Tennessee Stories' vivid description of characters from the Eastern mountains to the Western flatlands creates an accurate, humorous, entertaining, and friendly image of the volunteer state's personality. Their very presence speaks the same gutsy tongue as the sturdy pioneers who carved Tennessee from the wilderness.

Tennessee Stories is Dumas' second work in fifteen months. His Henry County family history, which highlighted Tennessee's 200th Birthday, quickly sold its first printing, and is continuing to sell after its second press run.