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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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Thursday
Aug192010

A Guitar & A Pen - Ooh, La, La!

I received news that the collection of short stories by Nashville songwriters, A Guitar and A Pen that I co-edited with John Bohlinger and Justin Stelter will be released in France. This is a wonderful collection of stories by some of Nashville's finest songwriters -- Kris Kristofferson, Tom T. Hall, Charlie Daniels, Janis Ian, Tia Sillers, Bobby Braddock, Marshall Chapman, Hal Ketchum, Tim Putnam, Kevin Welch, Bob McDill, Bob DiPiero, Tim Johnson, Don Cook and others. 

I am very proud of this collection and have been offering a money-back guarantee to anyone who bought the book, read it and honestly could ay it was not worth the $25.00. No my publisher, but I made that deal. Funny thing, since I made the offer, not one person who bought a copy has asked for the their money back. Really not that surprising as Bob McDill said to me one day, "Tia Sillers' story alone is worth $25.00." I agree and would add most of the rest of the stories to such a list.  

So the question remains; do I extend my offer to France? 

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