ISBN 978-1-929490-37-0
Hardcover
March 2008
336 pages
6 x 9 1/4"
$24.95
"Dr. Harris is not interested in dazzling exhibitions of exquisite
word-painting or Jamesian tri-umphs of microscopic dissection of motive,
rather in telling a good story, and in this he succeeds."—Seabrook
Wilkinson, Charleston Mercury
"Tybee Bomb Still Radiates
Debate," by Chuck Mobley, Savannah Morning News
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Wassaw Sound
A N O V E L
by William C. Harris, Jr.
AFTER
THE SUCCESS OF TWO BEST-SELLING NOVELS, William Harris continues
to fascinate readers by calling upon his intimate knowledge of Savannah's
people, history, and surroundings. Wassaw Sound brings back beloved
characters and weaves a tale of intrigue in the Low Country.
Spanning from the 1950's to the present, the story is centered
around an actual event in which a hydrogen bomb was jettisoned into Wassaw Sound
in February 1958 by a damaged B-47 bomber. Although there was an extensive
search by the military, what has come to be known as the "Tybee Bomb" has never been found and
lies somewhere on the bottom of Wassaw Sound. Judah P. Benjamin, the son of the
vice-commander of Hunter Air Force Base, was present when the bomber made a
successful emergency landing at Hunter after dropping the bomb in the sound.
After a stint as a political consultant in Washington,
D.C., Judah returns to his hometown, Savannah, to discover that his lifelong friend Billy Aprillia has developed a romantic relationship with Judah's sweetheart, Hannah Meldrim. Judah also finds out that Billy, while fishing in Wassaw Sound, has snagged something else—the
stabilizer fin of what appears to be the long-lost
bomb, which becomes a catalyst for a cast
of characters who come together in a powerful and violent denouement.
While Wassaw Sound revolves around the story of the Tybee
Bomb, it is about much more. It speaks of the power of lifelong friendships, the
pain of unrequited love, the fruitlessness of unfettered hatred, and the
magnificence of faith and its power to overcome.
Most people are familiar with the buildings and parks in the
historic section of Savannah, but few know the beauty and splendor of the
marshes, rivers, and islands that lie to the east of the city. In Wassaw
Sound Harris takes the reader on a tour de force of these places replete
with vivid descriptions of the flora, fauna, and seductive landscape of the area.
