Eternal Fire

By Gary L. Hammontree on March 20, 2005 Calder Willingham is from my home town of Rome, Ga. That having been said, his book has to rank as one of the southern literary masterpieces of the 20th century. Equally as engaging or entertaining as anything by Faulkner, McCullers or any other "well known" southern writer. His characterizations are powerful and so real. Coming from the same area, I know these people. As a matter of fact, this book is so "real" it was banned in my home town all of the years of my growing up. I never encountered Willingham's book until an adult in California, although I had always heard about it. His other books, including "Rambling Rose" are equally strong. Little Big Man, starring Dustin Hoffman was one of his strongest movie works as was The Graduate which he co-wrote with Buck Henry. Enjoy!! ( Amazon customer review)