writes critically-acclaimed, richly-detailed reminiscences of small-town life on the American home front during the last five seasons of World War II. John Seigenthaler calls the two comedic heroes of Slaughter’s Cottonwood novels “this generation’s Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.” Since 2004, the five Cottonwood novels have garnered nine book awards including the Benjamin Franklin, Eric Hoffer, ForeWord Book of the Year, and Next Generation Indie awards in the categories of adult fiction, popular fiction, and young adult fiction. Slaughter will present a retrospective on what caused him to put a successful business career on hold and sit down to write the “Great American Novel.”
Saturday, October 13
2:00-3:00 pm, Legislative Plaza, Room 30
Cottonwood Summer '45
