"Katie and Her Kin" completes the trilogy of historical books.

July 26, 2013 - PRLog -- My sister and I are the only survivors of the black heirs of the Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson. Katie, my sister Lucille, my brother Jimmy and I were all gifted by the quirky, off-kilter spirit of the famous general.

Each of us inherited his burning ambition, his religiosity, his foolhardiness, and his brazen sexuality. I went ape with the sexuality. For me, the specter of Jackson always hovered in the background. From the roaring twenties to the here and now, it has been a difficult but exciting journey for Katie and me. Sadly, it is time for the flip side. There will be a quiet ride to a quieter cemetery, hopefully with a view. Place a lemon on my gravestone and like "Stonewall" Jackson in battle, my soul will have a tangy fruit to chew.

David Jonathan Sawyer is the great-grandson of Stonewall Jackson.  He is a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina and now lives and writes in Baltimore, Maryland.  "Katie and Her Kin" completes the trilogy of Sawyer's works.  His first two books were "My Great-Grandfather was Stonewall Jackson: The Story of a Negro Boy Growing Up in the Segregated South" and "My Great-Grandfather was Stonewall Jackson: Stonewalling in the Shadow of a Legend".

"Katie and Her Kin: The Story of a Southern Family in Hot Pursuit of the American Dream - Volume 3" (ISBN - 9781929882861, $18.00) is available from Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers.