The Gator and the Holy Ghost and Other Stories of a Slightly Reconstructed South (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Have you ever seen the Devil singing with a choir? Did you ever drink a beer with a wolf-man? These and many more such images propel The Gator and the Holy Ghost and other Stories of a Slightly Reconstructed South. This bold collection of short fiction by James L. Fortuna Jr. explores the upheaval of the civil rights movement in the Deep South. In stories such as “Break of Day at the Woodbine, Georgia, Pecan Paradise and Cheap Gas” and “The Klansman in the Closet”—and many more-- Fortuna’s characters reveal the fear and uncertainty, hope and hatred of the Southern experience and the healing influence of faith. "Fortuna sees both the forest and the trees. But, in this rollicking new collection of his short stories, he focuses on the trees and some of them are quite unusually shaped or bear strange fruit. As we wander the less travelled by-ways of North Florida/South Georgia, where many of the stories are set, Fortuna reminds us of people like High Sheriff Red-Man Waters, camps like those run by Jack Onan Ministries, and schools like Pee Dee River Technical University. Have we met these people? Have we attended these camps or schools? I don’t know about you, but, for me, the answer is …" --Guy Blynn, President, Bookmarks Book Festival, Winston-Salem, NC.