Perfume River

Acknowledgments

It took me sixteen years to sufficiently compost Tallahassee and Florida State University and Jefferson County into my imagination to remake them into this novel. It took me seventy years for all the rest. I offer my abiding gratitude and affection to my friends and warm acquaintances, to my colleagues and students here in Northern Florida. You have all nurtured me. And this book, as with several of my recent books, owes a serious debt of thanks to my friend and physician, Wesley Scoles, for his medical expertise as my characters dealt with life in their bodies.