Five novellas and short stories set in the American southeast. In Nashoba's Lament, an elderly man recalls the De Soto expedition and it's after-effects. In The Pensioner, an aging Confederate veteran marries to obtain a pension. A drifter meets an unusual ghost in The Well. In Trespasses, a young woman finds a gold star pin and begins a journey of rediscovery and reconciliation. Raising a Ruckus in the Greene River Valley follows an idealistic young...