Spirit

About the Book

This is a work of fiction written in the first person. It details the precarious development of a young man born into the remains of a coastal plantation culture that is reluctant to finish dying. He grows older and older dealing with racial, religious and philosophical issues, which he learns to live with, but not resolve. Some sex, lots of love, hate and traces of comic violence. Regional color from half a century in a perverse landscape.

About the Author

The author was born in Tampa FL, but grew up in coastal South Carolina and attended local public school and the College of Charleston; received AB degree from University of SC and PhD from UNC-CH. He taught at various colleges including the Citadel in Charleston and Ole Miss, as well as public high schools and sundry manual labor. Also worked as city reporter at Charleston News & Courier. Now retired and living contentedly in North Carolina with his wife of many years. He is placid and affable when not expressing anger and impatience on sundry public issues, which underlie the philosophy of this book.