Wayne Caldwell

A NovelA brilliant portrait of a community and a way of life long gone, a lost America.Charles FrazierAgainst the breathtaking backdrop of Appalachia comes a rich, multilayered postCivil War saga of three generations of familiestheir dreams, their downfalls, and their faith. Cataloochee is a slice of southern Americana told in the classic tradition...

A NovelCharles Frazier called Cataloochee, Wayne Caldwell's acclaimed debut, ';a brilliant portrait of a community and a way of life long gone, a lost America.' Now, in Requiem by Fire, Caldwell returns to the same fertile Appalachian ground that provided the setting for his first novel, recalling a singular time in American history when the...