Explore the riveting history of Franklin, Tennessee with these two books by Margie Gould Thessin: Lizzie's War and Ghosts of Franklin . Lizzie's War follows eight-year-old Lizzie Courtney, whose idyllic life in Franklin is disrupted by rumors of war. Once Tennessee breaks from the Union, Lizzie and her family are turned upside down in this historical thriller. Ghosts of Franklin chronicles the stories of Tennessee's most haunted town, Franklin, and the ghosts that reside there.