Acknowledgments
To colleagues, friends, and family who put up with my scribbling, I offer heartfelt thanks.
Special thanks:
to Stephen Woody, who told me tales of his grandfather;
to Leigh Feldman, who kept me focused;
to Laura Ford, who, I was told, was the best of editors, and I wholeheartedly agree;
to Jerry Leath (Jake) Mills, my “old perfesser,” who has saved me from egregious errors, particularly about firearms;
to the Holden Beach Writers’ Conference—Mary, Guy, Anita, fine listeners who helped discern the shape of this story;
and most especially to Mary, my muse and boon companion.
Notice: Persons attempting to find history in this narrative will be disappointed. It is not, nor has it ever pretended to be, history. But it’s a pretty darn good story.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
WAYNE CALDWELL was born in Asheville, North Carolina, and was educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Appalachian State University, and Duke University. The author of Cataloochee, he began writing fiction in the late 1990s. Caldwell lives near Asheville with his wife, Mary.
www.waynecaldwell.com
This is a work of historical fiction. Apart from the well-known actual people, events, and locales that figure in the narrative, all names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to current events or locales, or to living persons, is entirely coincidental.
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Grateful acknowledgment is made to Williamson Music o/b/o Irving Berlin Music Company for permission to reprint an excerpt from “Say It Isn’t So” by Irving Berlin, copyright © 1932 by Irving Berlin. Copyright © renewed. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of Williamson Music o/b/o Irving Berlin Music Company.
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Requiem by fire: a novel / Wayne Caldwell
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1. Cataloochee (N.C.)—Fiction. 2. Rural families—North Carolina—Fiction.
3. Rural landowners—North Carolina—Fiction. 4. Mountain life—Great Smoky
Mountains Region (N.C. and Tenn.)—Fiction. 5. Great Smoky Mountains
National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)—History—Fiction. I. Title.
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