William E. Dunstan's mesmerizing six-volume series, Adventures of a Southern Boyhood, catapults readers into an epic story of discovery, love, tragedy, and endurance. The first volume, Walking with Giants, extends from 1831 to 1939 and describes the turbulent lives of the author's ancestors in Virginia and North Carolina, set against a backdrop churning with massacre, war, slavery, segregation, upheaval, and romance. Writing with wit and candor, the author creates a sumptuous masterpiece and carries readers in surprisingly novel directions.