About the book, Green Forest, Red Earth, Blue Sea 
In Green Forest, Red Earth, Blue Sea, amid the rugged terrain of North Carolina, a small pocket watch bears witness to the loves and losses of three families-the Kellers, Elliotts, and McClures.
As the heirloom passes down over a hundred years, questions arise. Can strength and goodness be gifted to one’s heirs? What about corruption and evil? Do the lives of ancestors have any bearing on those who come after them?
From Reconstruction to the modern age, this sweeping family saga speaks to what binds families together and tears them apart. Powers of darkness and light fight for the minds and hearts of every individual.
In a land of beauty populated by Scots Irish pioneers, cotton farmers, Native Americans, fishermen, and pirates, Green Forest, Red Earth, Blue Sea is a chronicle of human failings and the power of redemption-and a probing narrative of which is the stronger force.
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About the author, Jim Gulledge 
Jim Gulledge earned an AB in Christian education from Pfeiffer University, an MA in English from Clemson University, and a DMin in theological studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has participated in the Adult Development Institute at Harvard University, the Fulbright German Administrators Exchange Program, and the C. S Lewis Summer Residence program in Oxford, England. Gulledge is the author of A Poor Man’s Supper, a novella included in the North Carolina Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill and the W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection at Appalachian State University. A lifelong resident of the Carolinas, Jim and his wife, Linda, enjoy visiting with their four children and son-in-law and daily life with their miniature schnauzer, Luka.
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My Thoughts
Green Forest, Red Earth, Blue Sea by James Gulledge can be treated as one long novel or three connected novellas, and it works well with either interpretation. It’s a love story about the history and landscape of North Carolina, with prose as gorgeous – as glorious- as the places being described. I felt the breezes, smelled the air, heard the sounds of nature and of humanity – it was an immersive experience.
Equally gripping was the actual plot – family drama, human drama – explorations of love and loss, life and death, history and the present, with rich characters. I particularly liked the use of the pocket watch as inanimate observer and connective tissue.
If you love epic storytelling that perfectly merges a grand scope with the tiny details that breathe life into the written word, you will love this book.
Goes well with: sweet tea and fried clams.