Who were these aviator-motorcyclists, and how did their lives intersect with Faulkner’s? That question, which burned in my imagination, brought this whole novel to life. They were aviators at the meet, and he had joined them in drinking, flying, and carousing. After he consumed a large breakfast, he launched into what seemed to Mary Rose a disjointed, nightmarish tale of accepting a ride from two motorcyclists, a man and a woman. When appeared at the Bradfords’ early Sunday morning, he looked ravenous and hung over. Martin’s Press! The book opens with a passage from Joseph Blotner’s Faulkner: A Biography, in which William Faulkner has been attending the opening festivities of the New Orleans Shushan Airport during Mardi Gras, 1934: I’m thrilled to reveal the cover for my new novel, Wingwalkers, coming Apfrom St.
Nevermore Books (in partnership with the Pat Conroy Literary Center)
Hope to see some of you on the road!īooks & Books with James Chapin ( Ride South until the Sawgrass)Ģ65 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, FL 33134 I’ll be in Miami, Jackson (MS), Beaufort (SC), and Athens (GA) in August and September. Happy Friday, folks! First off, I’m excited to let you know that Garden & Gun put Wingwalkers at the top of their 2022 Summer Reading List - woohoo! Also, I just wanted to keep you abreast of some upcoming events. I could not be more excited to share this novel with y’all. To get things right for this book, I not only had to read a library’s worth of books and talk to old-timers on the ground for their stories, but I took my dirt bike high and deep to find the old Blair Mountain battle sites where a car could hardly reach - and where coal companies still restrict access to much of the land. I’m especially indebted to my friend Jason Frye - a native son of Logan County, WV, where the battle took place - for his stories, encouragement, and editing, and to the WV Mine Wars Museum staff for their recommendations and advice. The book also includes a cast of real-life characters including Smilin’ Sid Hatfield and Mother Jones, aka “The Most Dangerous Woman in America.”
I’ve always felt a special connection with him since we share the same birthday. The main character is inspired by my great-grandfather, a farmer’s son who emigrated from Mount Lebanon to the US in 1889, at the age of 14, alone but for a priest as chaperone, and graduated from the University of Kentucky School of Medicine, becoming a physician and medical examiner in rural Kentucky. Started in 2017, this book was one hell of a beast to write. What if I told you there was a battle on American soil in 1921 in which more than one million rounds were fired, bombs were dropped from airplanes, and a multiethnic army of 10,000 coal miners wore red neckerchiefs to identify themselves, earning the nickname “Rednecks”…and almost no one outside Appalachia had even heard of it? I’m thrilled to share the news that my next novel, REDNECKS, is coming in 2024 from St.
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