Lightwood: a novel of the piney woods (Lightwood History Collection)

“A superior novel of the South, exceedingly well-written. . .” New York Times, 1939 A rousing novel of the post-Civil War era, widely praised when published in 1939. LIGHTWOOD conjures a vivid lost world in this “rebellion in the backlands” story based on historical fact. Set in the south Georgia “piney woods,” Brainard Cheney’s tale of murder and greed re-creates the battle between the forces of Wall Street timber barons and local landowners. “LIGHTWOOD has the unimpeachable honesty, goodness, flatness, of a mouthful of cold, excellent corn bread.” Time magazine, October, 1939 “Here is a southern novel with a theme that is significantly American. It tells the story of men trying to preserve the integrity of their human rights against the encroachments of property rights: an old story, but one that has become increasingly important. . . Mr. Cheney’s first novel. . .is no inconsiderable achievement.” Saturday Review, 1939 Brainard Cheney (1900-1990) grew up in Lumber City, Georgia on the Ocmulgee River. He published four novels based on autobiographical and historical events in the pine forests of the Altamaha River basin in south Georgia. Long out of print, his four exciting and innovative novels are available once again.