The outdoors has been part of his life since his Grandfather taught him how to hunt many years ago. He was fortunate to be born and reared in a time when hunting and fishing was part of most family curriculum. With this first book George “Cotton” Frady has taken the first step in sharing his outdoor experiences with his friends. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a BBA degree in business management. While there, He played four years on the university baseball team, earning a scholarship for the last three. He is a charter member (one of twenty five) of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity on the university campus and was privileged to be inducted into the Cherokee County Hall of Fame in 2012 for his efforts in baseball. He started the first “Travel Baseball Team” in the county. He is a member of Trout Unlimited and the Georgia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation. He has residence in Canton Georgia
From the farms and pastures of the north Georgia mountains, where pine trees grow in the brick red clay, the tradition of storytelling is alive and well. As rustic as a barbed wire fence, as homey as a light in the window, In the Pines is a collection of stories and poems told in the voice of a vanishing people. Funny, poignant, and reminiscent of events and personalities familiar to us all, you will come away feeling that someone in the book reminds you of a person you know. This is not a book about the magnolia and cotillion south, but about the lives of Appalachian people who lived a hardscrabble life at the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains. So, take a journey into the lives of the Appalachian people and listen to the characters tell their stories of joys and struggles, and everyday life in the mountains, in the pines.
When Alex's father takes her to their favorite beach she brings a dandelion with her to make a special wish, but upon arrival she sees another little girl who might need the wish much more than she does..
