Donald McCaig is the author of several well-reviewed best-selling novels about the American Civil War. His latest novel, Rhett Butler's People the sequel to Gone with the Wind was published on November 6th, 2007. He spent over twelve years writing and researching the novel.
Career
Donald McCaig wrote his most critically acclaimed book Jacob's Ladder in 1999. It centered around the struggles of one man and his family during the American Civil War. The executors of the Marget Mitchell (the author of Gone With The Wind) gave him permission to write his latest work Rhet Butler's People which is a follow up of Mitchel's class novel-turned-movie.
Notable Works
- 1999: Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the War
- 2007: Nop's Trials
- 2007: Canaan
- 2007: Rhet Butler's People