From the Inside Flap A novel of the southern backwoods in which a boy attempts to preserve his beloved Delta homeland from despoliation by the timber industry From the Back Cover In this irresistible coming-of-age narrative picturing the southern wilderness at the turn of the twentieth century, a boy attempts to preserve his beloved backwoods homeland from sawmills and land developers. As civilization encro ...Full description
From the Inside Flap A novel of the southern backwoods in which a boy attempts to preserve his beloved Delta homeland from despoliation by the timber industry From the Back Cover In this irresistible coming-of-age narrative picturing the southern wilderness at the turn of the twentieth century, a boy attempts to preserve his beloved backwoods homeland from sawmills and land developers. As civilization encroaches upon this primeval Mississippi Delta landscape filled with canebrakes, panthers, alligators, bears, and men with pistols, young Shim Govan sees heartbreak ahead.