Florida Boy

Florida Boy

The death of Florida cattle family patriarch July Rawlerson sets the stage for the end of an era in the award winning novel <i>The Trouble with Panthers</I> by William Culyer Hall. <P> In the early twenty-first century, the family is forced to adapt from the past to an inevitable future. In this prequel set a century earlier, the Rawlerson family first settles in south-central Florida. Pioneer life is very difficult, but the family perseveres. <P><i>Florida Boy</I> stands alone as a gripping, independent story, but the birth of July Rawlerson links this novel to the author's previous work. <i>Florida Boy</i> is a hauntingly beautiful elegy for a wild land and the resolute people who sought to tame it. Powerfully evocative, it is a novel filled with sorrow, joy, love and loss, a story fraught with the unexpected and one whose characters are truly unforgettable.