The Canebrake Men

Finalist for the Spur Award: The author of The Overmountain Men and The Border Men concludes his epic adventure of Tennessee’s early history.

The United States of America has just been born from the fires of revolution. But in the wilds of Tennessee in the Southwest Territory, a fire still burns—especially in the heart of fifteen-year-old Owen Killefer.

For Owen witnessed the massacre of his family by Tom Turndale—a depraved marauder who deserted the British during the war to live with th...