Under the Wedding Tree : A Sequel to Fallow Are the Fields & We Danced Until Dawn

"STEVEN D. AYRES, known as “Steve” to his many
friends, has lived most of his life in the country around Salt
Springs, Georgia. Now Lithia Springs, and once known to
the Indians as Deer Lick, it has been the home of the author
for over half a century now. Born in Atlanta, at the age of
fi ve, his family moved to the old farm just three miles west
of Lithia Springs where much of this story takes place. The
surrounding area is rich in history, especially about the Civil War, including
the ante-bellum house in which the author was reared. As a boy he played in
the creeks and fi elds, climbed Kennesaw Mountain, and went horseback riding
and camping at Factory Shoals and the ruins of Manchester Mill. For four
years he did re-enacting as a Confederate soldier during the American Civil
War Centennial celebration, making all his own equipment and uniforms.
Later, as an adult, he attended and graduated from Emory University, where he
developed a close friendship to Professor Dr. Bell Irvin Wiley, noted historian
and author. After studying law for another year, the author entered the family
real estate business. Within several years, he had earned his Broker’s license
and soon took over the family business. Among other things, at the age of
twenty-fi ve, he was elected as President of the Douglas County Chamber of
Commerce and a few years later as the President of the West Georgia Board of
Realtors and serving as a State Director. Business, family, and history has kept
him busy these many years as well as his avocation as an artist, also playing
the guitar and sometimes performing at the local Cedar Grove Bluegrass get
together on Tuesday evenings. Recently he took up learning the fi ddle. He
is also a licensed private pilot and currently owns a 1947 Piper PA-12 Super
Cruiser Taildragger. This is his third novel and completes the trilogy of Fallow
Are the Fields and We Danced Until Dawn. He has three grown, married
children and three grand-children. He and his wife, Beth, still live on the
family farm just west of Lithia Springs, Georgia."