Donald McCaig
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Donald McCaig (born 1940 in Butte, Montana) is an American novelist, poet and essayist. He is also a sheepdog trainer. He lives on a sheep farm outside of Williamsville, Virginia.
His 1998 novel set in Civil War Virginia won the Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction.[1] It also won a John Eston Cooke Award and Boyd Military Novel Award.[citation needed]
His most recent work is Rhett Butler's People, a sequel to Gone with the Wind authorized by the Margaret Mitchell estate.[2][3]
He is also the author of Nop's Trials, Eminent Dogs,Dangerous Men( both about working border collies) Jacob's Ladder, A Useful Dog, and An American Homeplace.
References
- ^ "Michael Shaara Prize". Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. http://www.gettysburg.edu/civilwar/prizes_andscholarships/michael_shaaraprize/. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ Weeks, Linton (2007-11-07). "The Rhett Stuff: Virginia Writer Took on Tara". The Washington Post: pp. C01.
- ^ Patrick, Bethanne (2007-11-07). "Gone but Not Forgotten: Rhett Butler's People". The Washington Post: pp. C08.
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