True Stories From the Near South

TRUE STORIES FROM THE NEAR SOUTH is a collection of short fi ction set for the most part in the rural Mid-South. Some of the stories have more urban settings, but all take place in that long-ignored and little-understood area of America where the South meets the mountains. In time, they are set in the mid-twentieth century. They span the period from early industrialization to the invasion of modern American culture carried on the wings of television. Some are sad and some funny, but all tell of a people lost in the middle of American culture.