In 1915, young reporter Elizabeth Putnam of the New York World is assigned a story on the Gray Wisp. New information has come to light about this Confederate spy in the Civil War, a figure of legend, myth, and wildly competing claims.
What no one knows is the man's identity.
The reporter follows leads which eventually bring her to the small Mississippi town of Brookhaven. The Wisp agrees to tell his story, a tale of North and South, loss in wartime, narrow escapes from death in battles, family survival, the poetry of Longfellow, and love. And Elizabeth soon finds her own story has forever become part of the Gray Wisp's.
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Glynn Young leads the social media team for a Fortune 500 company. For much of his career he was a corporate speechwriter, and has won nine national speechwriting awards. He's the author of two novels, Dancing Priest and A Light Shining. He has loved poetry since high school.