Book details

  • Genre:fiction
  • Sub-genre:Literary
  • Language:English
  • Pages:300
  • eBook ISBN:9781617928178

A Southern Son

By John G. Richards

Overview

A Southern Son is a captivating novel about love and war and growing up on a magical barrier island off the coast of South Carolina. “Sonny” Rutledge is a son of the sea, a child of the Great Depression, whose destiny is intertwined with the son of a lord and lady from England, and the daughter of a wealthy American industrialist. From Rutledge Island, South Carolina, to London, England, to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, to the war in the Pacific as a Marine Corps officer, Sonny Rutledge leads a life of wonder and hardship, love and betrayal. A Southern Son is Book One of the series The Leathernecks by John G. Richards, the author of The Fish House Gang.
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Description

A Southern Son is a captivating novel about love and war and growing up on a magical barrier island off the coast of South Carolina. “Sonny” Rutledge is a son of the sea, a child of the Great Depression, whose destiny is intertwined with the son of a lord and lady from England, and the daughter of a wealthy American industrialist. From Rutledge Island, South Carolina, to London, England, to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland, to the war in the Pacific as a Marine Corps officer, Sonny Rutledge leads a life of wonder and hardship, love and betrayal. A Southern Son is Book One of the series The Leathernecks by John G. Richards, the author of The Fish House Gang.
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About The Author

John G. Richards graduated from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina. He attended the University of South Carolina School of Law and is a graduate of The South Carolina Executive Institute. Born on the United States Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia, he is the former Chief Insurance Commissioner of South Carolina. He is the author of several novels and lives on a farm in South Carolina.
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