I took the MLK Day weekend to proofread and approve the draft for my upcoming sequel to Yamacraw Bluff. It was already a fun weekend, but busy while I read and double-checked the content of Jenkins’ Ear (sample pictured).
A great weekend became an awesome weekend when I received this unsolicited email.
Dear Dr. Pittaway,
I have just completed reading your excellent book – Yamacraw Bluff with great pleasure. It was an enjoyable read and I have recommended it to several friends. Your fictional characterization of the early days of the Colony have given me ideas to mull over as I research my ancestors in Georgia. Based on family recollections, you have done an admirable job in describing life on the frontier.
It appears the first of our clan was [family ancestor] who arrived 20 December 1737 as a Royal Trust Servant. Subsequently the generations took advantage of the Land Grants handed out and slowly moved west, eventually settling in what is now Mitchell County in the 1840’s. Since then we have traveled far and wide.
Your book has rekindled my desire to research not just my family history but that of the surrounding area in the north Atlanta suburbs where I now live.
Again, thank you for hard work in assembling this fine fictional work.
Luke Pittaway 