Jackson Street and Other Soldier Stories — John Miller

For many rural, Southern young men and women, the armed services have traditionally represented a way out of the life their parents struggled to survive. John Miller offers glimpses into the hearts and minds of these soldiers and their friends, lovers, acquaintances, and kin in this wonderful collection of stories, each evocative, touching, and, ultimately, hopeful. Possessed of an extraordinary eye and ear for the patterns of Southern life and the rhythms of Southern speech, Miller draws us inexorably into the lives of his uncelebrated heroes, revealing the often unexpected impact military service has on the lives of the men and women who inhabit these stories.