River Rogue Lightwood History Collection Book 3 edition by Brainard Cheney Stephen Whigham Literature Fiction eBooks
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“The world of (RIVER ROGUE) is the world of the rivers down which the raftsmen brought their timber to the Darien market (in the late 1800s). The quality of this world—the aspect of the country, the sprees in the bars and dives, the cunning, viciousness, and honor of the rogues, the code of the raftsmen, who felt themselves set apart from other men—is rendered with a fine imaginative precision.” Robert Penn Warren, Saturday Review (1942)
“Brainard Cheney tells all about (Snake Sutton) in his rip-snortin’, rootin’-tootin’ novel…Rarely will you encounter a book that plunges more deeply into a strange and specialized way of life…(Cheney) has a wild story to tell and a wild life to describe, and he does it with relish.” Orville Prescott, New York Times (1942)
After the Civil War, 1870. Deep in the south Georgia river swamp forests. Ratliff Sutton, a young white boy, runs away from a broken home and grows up the adopted son of former slaves. In the swamps of the Ocmulgee and Altamaha Rivers, he transforms into Snake Sutton, mythic timber raftsman, struggling with mighty rivers, fighting both men and alligators, steering great log rafts to Darien by the sea. He confronts his greatest struggle—breaking into Darien’s timber merchant society. Forsaking China Swann, a “fancy lady” and his champion, Snake marries society belle Robbie McGregor. Fighting his way into the merchant ranks through hurricanes and murder, he moves beyond tragedy and into an awakening that summons him back to his roots upriver.
BRAINARD CHENEY (1900-1990) grew up in Lumber City, Georgia, on the Ocmulgee River, deep in the piney woods of south Georgia. A fifth-generation Cheney, he descended from the earliest pioneers in this once remote area. Attending Vanderbilt University in the 1920s, he befriended Caroline Gordon, Allen Tate, Robert Penn Warren and other members of the Fugitive and Agrarian literary movements.
Cheney published four novels in his lifetime Lightwood, River Rogue, This is Adam and Devil’s Elbow. All derived inspiration from autobiographical events. He also published articles and produced plays. A Guggenheim Fellowship in 1941 facilitated his research and writing of the novel, River Rogue.
A long-time newspaperman for the Nashville Banner, he became a well-known figure in Tennessee political circles. During the 1950’s, he served Governor Frank Clement and Senator Tom Stewart as speechwriter and political consultant.
Cheney and his wife, librarian and author, Frances (Fannie) Neel, flourished in the literary circles of their time. They enjoyed a close friendship with Georgia author, Flannery O’Connor.
His novels received critical acclaim when published and sold respectfully. The works stand today as shining time capsules bringing to life the lost world of the piney woods of south Georgia.
River Rogue Lightwood History Collection Book 3 edition by Brainard Cheney Stephen Whigham Literature Fiction eBooks
This book is a rare source for those specifically interested in the history of the Ocmulgee and Altamaha River area people of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It reflects the ethos of that time and place, and that of the author. If you expect inhabitants of another era to conform to current standards political correctness you probably should stick with contemporary revisionist history because you are likely to be offended by this book.Product details
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River Rogue Lightwood History Collection Book 3 edition by Brainard Cheney Stephen Whigham Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Mr. Whigham should be commended for releasing Brainard Cheney's second novel in glorious hardback. This novel chronicles the rise and fall of Snake Sutton, a timber rafter in rural South Georgia during the late 19th century. It's a fine novel and an excellent work of fiction, but it's also noteworthy for its attention to historical detail. Not much has been written about the timber raftsmen of the Altamaha River, and Cheney does an excellent job of revealing their world and their struggles to survive against the corrupt timber barons in the seaport town of Darien, Georgia. The novel brings this insular world to life in much the same way that David Milch's television series Deadwood The Complete Series explored the lives of the gold miners that took up in South Dakota during the same time period.
This book is a rare source for those specifically interested in the history of the Ocmulgee and Altamaha River area people of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It reflects the ethos of that time and place, and that of the author. If you expect inhabitants of another era to conform to current standards political correctness you probably should stick with contemporary revisionist history because you are likely to be offended by this book.
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