The story of John Hendrix, who died in 1915, has been recounted numerous times in books, magazines, newspapers, on television, and on film but the complete story has never been told until now. This book includes his well known prophetic visions and anecdotes but adds newspaper reports and court records to detail an 1887 killing, a murder trial, and a divorce that have never before been linked to the Prophet of Oak Ridge.

Additional court records are used to prove that his earliest anecdote was true and establishes when his first prophecy was made. .

John Hendrix's genealogy is included along with a bonus section on the life of his youngest son. No one believed in John's visions until the Manhattan Project established the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee and proved his visions to be accurate.

The most John Hendrix has been known as "The Prophet of Oak Ridge" since the end of World War II. John Hendrix was reputed to have received his visions because he prayed to know the future of his land.

A review of the visions related to Oak Ridge and the Manhattan Project show that they all occurred within three miles of John's home. .