Book description
Inspired by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the
turn of the twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of
the Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson, who
drives himself to his own violent end at the hands of his neighbours.
Following the story of his son Lucius as he tries to learn the truth
about his father, the story tells of devastating events and traverses
wild landscapes inhabited by Americans of every provenance and colour.
In this new rendering of the Watson trilogy, Matthiessen has
consolidated his fictional masterwork into a poetic, compelling novel of
a vast scope and ambition, with breathtaking accomplishment. Inspired
by a near-mythic event of the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the
twentieth century, Shadow Country reimagines the legend of the
Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson, who drives
himself to his own violent end at the hands of his neighbours. Following
the story of his son Lucius as he tries to learn the truth about his
father, the story tells of devastating events and traverses wild
landscapes inhabited by Americans of every provenance and colour. In
this new rendering of the Watson trilogy, Matthiessen has consolidated
his fictional masterwork into a poetic, compelling novel of a vast scope
and ambition, with breathtaking accomplishment.
