Ride South Until the Sawgrass
by James Chapin
"James Chapin brings a fraught era and place into electrifying focus in this thrilling and torrential southern. He is definitely a writer to watch."
—Janisse Ray, author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
From the moment Nat Quinto and his wife Lucy set foot in the Florida Territory, they can't seem to steer clear of Jake Primrose, a rancher whose schemes to increase his already plentiful wealth ensnare everyone around him. Between Primrose's greed and the brutal conflicts brewing in the Territory surrounding them, will the Quinto family be able to stay true to themselves?
In four tales, the paths of the Primrose and Quinto families cross, separate, and inevitably intertwine in this virtuosic debut set during the tumultuous years of the Florida Territory's Second Seminole War and early statehood.
FIC074000 FICTION / Southern
FIC014000 FICTION / Historical / General
FIC033000 FICTION / Westerns
Print: $18.00, EPUB $9.99
Print ISBN: 978-1-941360-47-7
Digital ISBN: 978-1-941360-48-4
Publication Date: October 27, 2020
Publicity Contact: Feliza Casano, publicity@lanternfishpress.com
Photo credit: Katie Chapin
About the Author
James Chapin’s writing has appeared in Slate, Catapult, the Los Angeles Review of Books’ Marginalia channel, and the Tampa Bay Times. He is from north Florida, where he lived while writing this novel. He currently lives in Georgia with his wife and their animals.
Comp Titles
Claire Vaye Watkins, Battleborn
Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers
Percival Everett, Assumption
Larry McMurtry, Lonesome Dove
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Booksellers & Librarians
Spaghetti Western meets Southern Gothic in this historical fiction debut
Set during the Seminole Wars and Florida's early statehood, a lesser-known period of American history
Great for fans of Lonesome Dove, Battleborn, or Assumption