Green Altar Books
SOUTHERN LITERATURE is the glory of American culture. Faulkner, O’Connor, Warren, Lytle, Davidson, Gordon, Percy, Chappell, Berry will be known as long as Western civilization survives and long after today’s politicians, “experts,” and celebrity writers are forgotten. Another of the greats, George Garrett, wrote that “all signs indicate that Southern literature, far from being on its last legs and far from representing a falling off from earlier and better days, seems very much alive.” We support Garrett’s witness by launching Green Altar Books—a collection of Southern fiction and poetry.
RANDALL IVEY
A NEW ENGLAND ROMANCE
and Other SOUTHERN Stories
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DON’T LET THE TITLE of this book fool you, this collection of short stories by Randall Ivey is Southern through and through.
Set in the upcountry of South Carolina in the fictitious County of Compton, Ivey’s stories introduce us to a cast of memorable characters. From the bookish and idealistic Jane Poage who falls for a handsome New England thespian, to the eleven-year-old minister and faith-healer Reverend Benny Troy Hoyt, to the peculiar, yet misunderstood Yankee high school chorus teacher, Mrs. Stratton, Ivey’s stories are certain to shock, entertain, and perhaps even move one to tears... READ MORE
and Other SOUTHERN Stories
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DON’T LET THE TITLE of this book fool you, this collection of short stories by Randall Ivey is Southern through and through.
Set in the upcountry of South Carolina in the fictitious County of Compton, Ivey’s stories introduce us to a cast of memorable characters. From the bookish and idealistic Jane Poage who falls for a handsome New England thespian, to the eleven-year-old minister and faith-healer Reverend Benny Troy Hoyt, to the peculiar, yet misunderstood Yankee high school chorus teacher, Mrs. Stratton, Ivey’s stories are certain to shock, entertain, and perhaps even move one to tears... READ MORE
JAMES EVERETT KIBLER
TILLER
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TILLER IS SET IN UPCOUNTRY South Carolina in the year 2008. Its chief character, who has just turned sixty, is doing what he can to maintain a sane life in and for his farm community in a time that is seriously out of joint. After the tragic loss of his wife two decades ago, Chauncey still lives alone on his family farm, but has slowly rejoined the world. It is his ties to the land and the members of his community that aid in the healing process.
Tiller can be read alone, but achieves richness and complexity from its three predecessors in the Clay Bank County Series. It thus forms the cap and final volume of a full tetralogy.The three previous novels are set in this same community: Memory’s Keep (which takes place in 1975), Walking Toward Home (set in 2003), and The Education of Chauncey Doolittle (set the year before in 2007).... READ MORE
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TILLER IS SET IN UPCOUNTRY South Carolina in the year 2008. Its chief character, who has just turned sixty, is doing what he can to maintain a sane life in and for his farm community in a time that is seriously out of joint. After the tragic loss of his wife two decades ago, Chauncey still lives alone on his family farm, but has slowly rejoined the world. It is his ties to the land and the members of his community that aid in the healing process.
Tiller can be read alone, but achieves richness and complexity from its three predecessors in the Clay Bank County Series. It thus forms the cap and final volume of a full tetralogy.The three previous novels are set in this same community: Memory’s Keep (which takes place in 1975), Walking Toward Home (set in 2003), and The Education of Chauncey Doolittle (set the year before in 2007).... READ MORE
THOMAS MOOORE
A FATAL MERCY
The Man Who Lost The Civil War
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A FATAL MERCY is set in the American War of Secession and its aftermath. Drayton FitzHenry is the son of a prominent South Carolina planter. He opposes secession but joins his brothers in the Confederate Army in defense of his state. During the war’s decisive battle at Gettysburg, Drayton commits an act of mercy toward a Union officer which he later discovers probably caused the South to lose the battle. By his act of mercy, he is literally “the man who lost the Civil War.”... READ MORE
The Man Who Lost The Civil War
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A FATAL MERCY is set in the American War of Secession and its aftermath. Drayton FitzHenry is the son of a prominent South Carolina planter. He opposes secession but joins his brothers in the Confederate Army in defense of his state. During the war’s decisive battle at Gettysburg, Drayton commits an act of mercy toward a Union officer which he later discovers probably caused the South to lose the battle. By his act of mercy, he is literally “the man who lost the Civil War.”... READ MORE
KAREN STOKES
BELLES
A Carolina Love Story
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In 1863, amid the turmoil of the Civil War, the ladies of the aristocratic Middleford family flee war-torn Charleston to take refuge in their summer home in Flat Rock, North Carolina. Here, in the secluded beauty and splendor of the Blue Ridge Mountains, three sisters find their destinies in love... READ MORE
A Carolina Love Story
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In 1863, amid the turmoil of the Civil War, the ladies of the aristocratic Middleford family flee war-torn Charleston to take refuge in their summer home in Flat Rock, North Carolina. Here, in the secluded beauty and splendor of the Blue Ridge Mountains, three sisters find their destinies in love... READ MORE
HONOR IN THE DUST
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South Carolina, 1865. The army of General Sherman has ravaged the state, and Captain John Hutchinson comes home from the war to find his world—and a way of life—in ashes. He struggles to work his plantation lands again, all the while anxious about a wounded brother wavering between life and death, and though tempted to despair, he finds a source of hope and strength when he falls in love with Emma DuBose. This beautiful young woman soon becomes the center of his life, but their happiness is threatened when John learns of a shocking crime ... READ MORE
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South Carolina, 1865. The army of General Sherman has ravaged the state, and Captain John Hutchinson comes home from the war to find his world—and a way of life—in ashes. He struggles to work his plantation lands again, all the while anxious about a wounded brother wavering between life and death, and though tempted to despair, he finds a source of hope and strength when he falls in love with Emma DuBose. This beautiful young woman soon becomes the center of his life, but their happiness is threatened when John learns of a shocking crime ... READ MORE
THE IMMORTALS
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In 1861, as a deadly conflict looms between North and South, Charleston sits like a queen upon the waters—beautiful, proud, and prosperous—and no native son loves her more than George Taylor. A successful Broad Street lawyer, Taylor has won the heart of an enchanting young woman and looks forward to a brilliant future in his city by the sea, but the turmoil of war sweeps him away from all he holds dear to defend his country... READ MORE
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In 1861, as a deadly conflict looms between North and South, Charleston sits like a queen upon the waters—beautiful, proud, and prosperous—and no native son loves her more than George Taylor. A successful Broad Street lawyer, Taylor has won the heart of an enchanting young woman and looks forward to a brilliant future in his city by the sea, but the turmoil of war sweeps him away from all he holds dear to defend his country... READ MORE
THE SOLDIER'S GHOST
A Tale of Charleston
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Reduced to poverty after the Civil War, seventeen-year-old Mattie Campbell and her family struggle to survive in the ruined city of Charleston, South Carolina. When her father inherits land in the nearby countryside, the Campbells move there to farm it, though with little hope of ever regaining their former prosperity—until the day a stranger arrives and unexpectedly makes Mr. Campbell an offer that is both alluring and troubling... READ MORE
A Tale of Charleston
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Reduced to poverty after the Civil War, seventeen-year-old Mattie Campbell and her family struggle to survive in the ruined city of Charleston, South Carolina. When her father inherits land in the nearby countryside, the Campbells move there to farm it, though with little hope of ever regaining their former prosperity—until the day a stranger arrives and unexpectedly makes Mr. Campbell an offer that is both alluring and troubling... READ MORE
Gold-Bug Mysteries
Shotwell Publishing mysteries and thrillers appear under the imprint name "Gold-Bug Mysteries.” The first detective story, “The Gold-Bug" was written by the great Southerner Edgar Allan Poe and set near Charleston, South Carolina.
MICHAEL ANDREW GRISSOM
BILLIE JO
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SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD bestselling author, Michael Andrew Grissom, takes the reader back to his native Oklahoma for a nostalgic escapade of mystery and romance.
IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT when an Oklahoma farm boy named Troy met Hettie Elizabeth Lamar. Pearl Harbor had been bombed six months earlier, and a pretty Mississippi belle came to Oklahoma to escape the memories of a brother recently lost somewhere out in the Pacific.... READ MORE
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SOUTHERN BY THE GRACE OF GOD bestselling author, Michael Andrew Grissom, takes the reader back to his native Oklahoma for a nostalgic escapade of mystery and romance.
IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT when an Oklahoma farm boy named Troy met Hettie Elizabeth Lamar. Pearl Harbor had been bombed six months earlier, and a pretty Mississippi belle came to Oklahoma to escape the memories of a brother recently lost somewhere out in the Pacific.... READ MORE
BRANDI PERRY
SPLINTERED
A New Orleans Tale
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Keaton Fordyce was once a celebrated and prosperous write, but the excesses accompanying his success came at a steep cost—the loss of his family and his career. Living in a dingy river-front room in Natchez, Mississippi, Fordyce is caught in a vicious cycle of alcoholism and despair. As fate would have it, an old friend offers him an opportunity to help get his life and career back on track. He owns an old mansion in New Orleans that he can’t sell because of its reputation as being “haunted.” If Fordyce will live there for a month, alcohol free, and disprove the curse, he will get the help he needs to get him back on his feet. What could possibly go wrong? ... READ MORE
A New Orleans Tale
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Keaton Fordyce was once a celebrated and prosperous write, but the excesses accompanying his success came at a steep cost—the loss of his family and his career. Living in a dingy river-front room in Natchez, Mississippi, Fordyce is caught in a vicious cycle of alcoholism and despair. As fate would have it, an old friend offers him an opportunity to help get his life and career back on track. He owns an old mansion in New Orleans that he can’t sell because of its reputation as being “haunted.” If Fordyce will live there for a month, alcohol free, and disprove the curse, he will get the help he needs to get him back on his feet. What could possibly go wrong? ... READ MORE
MARTIN L. WILSON
TO JEKYLL AND HIDE
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WINTER, 1942—THE U.S. HAS JUST ENTERED WORLD WAR II. Clarke Deveau, betrayed by his wife and dismissed in disgrace by the U.S. Justice Department, returns home to the little piece that is left of his family plantation near Jekyll Island on the Georgia Coast.
Taking on a case involving a questionable death by accident, he finds himself unwittingly drawn into a tangle of deception, murder, and treason—including a beautiful French refugee, killer horses, traitorous industrialists, Nazi and Communist agents, New Jersey thugs, and even a German U-Boat.... READ MORE
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WINTER, 1942—THE U.S. HAS JUST ENTERED WORLD WAR II. Clarke Deveau, betrayed by his wife and dismissed in disgrace by the U.S. Justice Department, returns home to the little piece that is left of his family plantation near Jekyll Island on the Georgia Coast.
Taking on a case involving a questionable death by accident, he finds himself unwittingly drawn into a tangle of deception, murder, and treason—including a beautiful French refugee, killer horses, traitorous industrialists, Nazi and Communist agents, New Jersey thugs, and even a German U-Boat.... READ MORE