This nonfiction work takes the reader on a trip through the 1940s and '50s in the rural South.
The story unfolds in the lower reaches of the Appalachian Mountain chain on a plateau called Brindley Mountain.
A part of the Sand Mountain Ridge, the area covers lower Morgan County and north east Cullman County.
In an earlier time, the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, and Creek hunted in relative peace across these ridges and valleys of north-central Alabama.
In 1873, a young, rebellious Bavarian nam.