The Rosewood Casket

The stage is set for family drama when Randall Stargill lies dying on his southern Appalachian farm, and his four sons come home to build him a coffin made from the special cache of rosewood he has saved for this purpose. Meanwhile, mountain wisewoman, Nora Bonesteel, prepares another box - to be buried with him. Among them, a real estate developer is hovering over the family's farm bringing secrets and tensions to the surface.In a style both lyrical and beautifully detailed, with a narrative that flows from Native American lore and the burnished tales of Daniel Boone - up to the sharpest, and keenly realized landscapes of Appalachia today. The Rosewood Casket is a novel as hauntingly beautiful as the mountains that gave it charge - and a stunning addition to our collection of McCrumb Ballad novels.