Tietam Cane

by Lance Levens

This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.

Buy on Amazon Buy on BN.com Buy on Bookshop.org

*This page contains affiliate links, so we may earn a small commission when you make a purchase through links on our site at no additional cost to you.

Pub Date Feb 19 2014 | Archive Date May 27 2014

Fireship Press

General Fiction (Adult) | History

Description

Though the year is 1963, twelve year old Tietam Cane of Macon Georgia is locked in a never-ending war for the Confederate South. Raised in the country, tutored by his kill-all-the-Yankees grandfather, Tietam's knowledge of the world is bound within his 11 Volume Photographic History of the Civil War and the old man’s ritual reenactment of lost battles. Beneath the boyish bravado, Tietam's heart aches, longing for the parents who left him behind as a toddler when they fled to New York City where, according to his grandfather, they now thrive without him. But gradually, Tietman realizes that he lives in a cocoon spun by his grandfather’s lies, his rage, and brutal family secrets. Trapped between the Civil War and the present, Tietam also realizes that this violent legacy threatens his life and his hopes for the future -- a world without war and without the ever-present hate.

Though the year is 1963, twelve year old Tietam Cane of Macon Georgia is locked in a never-ending war for the Confederate South. Raised in the country, tutored by his kill-all-the-Yankees...

A Note From the Publisher

Lance Levens’ short stories, poems, translations and essays have appeared in numerous journals, including Beloit Poetry Journal, The Raintown Review and Metamorphosis. His chapbook, Jubilate (Pudding House Press), was published in 2007, the year he was nominated by Storyglossia for a Pushcart Prize in fiction. He received a second Pushcart Nomination in 2010 for his poem “Heat” ( The Chimera) and in 2011 received a Carpe Articulum prize for short fiction. His novel, A Kaddish for Inhuman Steadman, is available at Amazon. He and his wife, Jean, live in Savannah, GA with their Schnoodle, Moe.