Brother Sid: A Novel of Sidney Lanier

Brother Sid is a fictional account of the bright, abbreviated life of iconic southern poet Sidney Lanier. From college he is sent to war, and from war to prison. Afterward, neither Reconstruction nor broken romance derails him for long. Lanier juggles ill health, poverty and great promise by balancing on his friends and the remarkable gifts God gave him. Decades later, a woman in her final days sees Sidney Lanier as a man worth remembering for his steadfast pursuit of improbable dreams, some of which even came true.