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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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Aug042010

Water For Elephants

DateWednesday, August 4, 2010 at 12:42PM

Just returned from a couple of days in Chattanooga where they are filming Water for Elephants with Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz and Hal Holbrook, Francis Lawrence is directing. It's a great book and has a great cast. The highlight of it all was when Christoph (Inglorious Bastards) decided after his last day of shooting on Tuesday to "buy us a drink." So there we were in this bar that had closed down for us (much of the cast and production folks, my guests (Justin Stelter, Phillippi & Jenilee Vander Elst, Nathlie & Tyler Stewart) and me. Was glad not to have paid the bill!

Christoph and Rob are as good as it gets when it comes to being gracious to those around them. JUst outside the bar, hundreds of women stood through the night. Several tried to break in, but were taken out. It was crazy and fun and involved a lot of alcohol.

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