A couple of days ago, I posted an essay about my great-grandparents, Houston and Dura McCarn, who are featured in Joyce H. Cauthen’s riveting new book, The Ballad of Fiddling Tom Freeman: Music, Murder, & Moonshine in Bug Tussle, Alabama. My review of Cauthen’s book is freshly in print in Alabama Writers’ Forum’s First Draft magazine. Open this file to read the full review:

Edward Journey review of Cauthen Ballad of Fiddling Tom Freeman