Joe Walker (1964 - ) is a native of Arkansas, growing up in the small southern Arkansas community of Tull (named for his paternal ancestors). While his father's side is known for having numerous ancestors serve in both the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War, his mother's side has ties to our country's earliest history with two ancestors (William Farrar and Abraham Piersey) among the earliest settlers of the Jamestowne Colony in Virginia. Writing is a passion for Joe Walker, whose professional career as a 911 Dispatcher with the Little Rock Police Department (now in his twenty-sixth year with the department), affords him an opportunity to research and write on historical topics of interest. The Jenkins' Ferry battlefield - site of one of the largest civil war battles fought in Arkansas - was located just a few miles from where Joe Walker grew up. This led to countless visits to the state park where his father began sharing the history of the this epic clash along the Saline River. It was these early visits with his father that has led to his lifelong passion of the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry. After discovering new information had been discovered since historian Ed Bearss' 1961 book, "Steele's Retreat and the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas," Joe Walker began a five year project of research and writing with the result being the publication in 2012 of "Harvest of Death: The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas." Since then, Joe Walker has traveled throughout the Trans-Mississippi introducing others to the battle of Jenkins' Ferry as well as conducting tours of the battlefield as it looks today. After "Harvest of Death" came "The Battle of Jenkins' Ferry: A Student's Guide," a book introducing the battle to a whole new generation with an audience geared toward the middle school student. "Rebel Pulpit: The Civil War Prison Diary of Lieutenant James Vance Walker - Third Tennessee Confederate Infantry (Vaughn's)" is the story of one of Joe Walker's ancestors, imprisoned in the Confederate officer's prison at Fort Delaware. His ancestor, Lieutenant Walker, maintained a diary during the prisoners attempts at establishing a Christian presence within the fort. Joe Walker's newest book, "Elvis in Arkansas," documents Elvis Presley's more than forty visits to Arkansas in the 50's 60's 70's. From the earliest days of performing in high school auditoriums and gymnasiums (and atop a flat bed trailer here and there) to sold out arenas during the 1970's, you'll see never before published photographs and stories told by the eyewitnesses who where there. It is a fascinating story long overdue.