Author Gary Slaughter has created yet another entertaining, richly-detailed reminiscence of home front America set during the last winter of World War Two. In December 1944, while American forces are slugging it out in Europe and the Pacific, those at home are preparing for Christmas while coping with ever-present shortages, casualties of war, and concerns about loved ones serving overseas.

On the Riverton, Michigan home front, the disappearance of B. R. Santa, the threat of an elite German espionage agent, the unexplained appearances of grape-vine Christmas wreaths all over town, and many more mysteries are to be solved by Jase and Danny, the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn of the Cottonwood novels.

“In Cottonwood Summer and Cottonwood Fall, Gary Slaughter has created an intimate portrait of a small town during World War II. Both novels feature a plethora of eccentrics, humble heroes, grieving families, and dastardly Nazis. Slaughter’s memoir-like style makes these stories a languid reminiscence.”
Nashville Scene