Blackwater (novel)

"Blackwater" is a mainstream novel written by author C. D. Blizzard published in 1995.

"Blackwater" is a sort of coming of age novel that tells the tale of one boy's journey through an incredible summer with his crazy, redneckuncle. The book is set in the mid-sixties and offers some vivid and moving scenes of life on the St. John's River in Florida. Blackwater is told from the point of view of the boy and transitions from the past to the present with a skill that is difficult to match. C. D. Blizzard takes the reader on a thrill ride that will leave them gasping for breath, tingling all over, and ultimately shocked right down to the roots of their toenails. It is an unforgettable experience.

Plot Introduction

Swamps, alligators, deadly snakes. Illegal fishing, bad booze, and a river they called Blackwater. It's a place where a boy can dream.... The summer of 1965. That's the year Mikey would never forget. It was the year he became a man. He was ten-years-old when Uncle Cotton finally managed to convince Mikey's overprotective mother that what her little sissy-boy son needed was to spend the summer with a real man. Mikey was all too eager to comply. In their small Florida community, Cotton's penchant for wildness had made him a celebrity, and there was nothing in the world Mikey wanted more than to get close to all that craziness and experience it for himself. Under the tutelage of this local legend, Mikey steps into a world filled with the sort of adventure he'd only imagined. But, by summer's end, the innocence of youth is tarnished when a single chilling act shatters the boy's idealistic view of his uncle.

References

Blizzard, C. D., Blackwater, Pivotal Books. ISBN: 1-931062-26-9