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A Separate Country - In Stores Now!

A Separate Country will be released September 23Set in New Orleans in the years after the Civil War, A SEPARATE COUNTRY is a novel based on the incredible life of John Bell Hood, arguably one of the  most controversial generals of the Confederate Army--and one of its most tragic figures.  Robert E. Lee promoted him to major general after the Battle of Antietam.  But the Civil War would mark him forever. At Gettysburg, he lost the use of his left arm. At the Battle of Chickamauga, his right leg was amputated. Starting fresh after the war, he married Anna Marie Hennen and fathered 11 children with her, including three sets of twins.  But fate had other plans. Crippled by his war wounds and defeat, ravaged by financial misfortune, Hood had one last foe to battle: Yellow Fever.

A SEPARATE COUNTRY is the heartrending story of a decent and good man who struggled with his inability to admit his failures--and the story of those who taught him to love, and to be loved, and transformed him.

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THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH

In an Author's Note at the end of his book The Widow of the South, Robert Hicks tells us that "when Oscar Wilde made his infamous tour of America in 1882, he told his hosts that his itinerary should include a visit to 'sunny Tennessee to meet the Widow McGavock, the high priestess of the temple of dead boys.'" Carrie McGavock, The Widow of the South, did indeed take it upon herself to grieve the loss of so many young men in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, which took place on November 30, 1864. Nine thousand men lost their lives that day. She and her husband John eventually re-buried on their own land 1,481 Confederate soldiers killed at Franklin, when the family that owned the land on which the original shallow graves had been dug decided to plow it under and put it into cultivation.

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Tuesday
Aug112009

People Magazine's Country Music Launch

Last night I was reminded that I use to have a role in the music industry when I accepted an invitation to go to the launch of People Magazine's annual 'Country Music' issue. The liquor and food were free and other than hanging with a bunch of folks I didn't know and was perfectly fine keeping it that way, the party was splendid. It served to remind me why I like the writer's world more than I do the music business. Of course, I don't live in New York where I could probably dig up a sizable group of publishing folks who I would find equally boring. Don't get me wrong, I remain passionate about music and those who create it. I mean I still get excited about Bonnaroo or a guitar pull in the backyard, out around the fire pit in my council circle.

The night wasn't all bad, even beyond the aforementioned free liquor. I ran into John Ingrassia, one of my all-time favorite folks from the music industry. He has just moved down to Nashville from New York. Lucky Nashville. I've never gone away from being with John that I didn't feel I had just been with a person of worth and integrity. And with fear that they may read this blog, I should add that I also got to hang with other friends, too numerous to name, who I miss very much.


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