Old Field Pines

Praise:

Old Field Pines is a propulsive work of historical fiction. C.F. Lindsey writes Prohibition-era Stone County, Arkansas with such honesty and intimacy. He knows every nook and cranny of this landscape, as well as the hearts and minds of those who call it home. This engrossing tale of a moonshiner fighting for his family and a sheriff fighting for the soul of a town will keep you in suspense until the very end. 
—Caleb Johnson, author of Treeborne

A harrowing story of a war-haunted moonshiner trying to save his family in prohibition-era Arkansas. Brutal as bathtub gin and swollen with heart. Like a 1920s Arkansas Breaking Bad.
—Dr. Micah Dean Hicks, author of Break the Body, Haunt the Bones

Old Field Pines is a pure delight for the heart and the mind and the senses. Gorgeously narrated, it is a sensitive portrayal of family life—the legacy of loss, the necessity for forgiveness, and, most of all, the sacrifices one makes for love. At the same time, the novel is an exciting, hard-bitten story of admirable lawbreakers and corrupt cops. It all works in flawless harmony in this astonishing debut work. With a single memorable stroke, C. F. Lindsey has established himself not only as one of today’s premier southern novelists but as one of the best storytellers our whole country has to offer.  
—John Vanderslice, author of The Last Days of Oscar Wilde