On Ty Ty Creek – Sweet Potato Pie, Moonshine, and other Southern Traditions

On Ty Ty Creek
309 Pages
ISBN 978-0692828229

A primer on life in the South during the Farm Crisis and the Great Depression as one boy searches among his brother's death and the murder of a neighbor for what is real and what is true. David Sasq is reared in the Gospel Truth Baptist Church in Ty Ty, Georgia, and tries to reconcile what he learns there with what he sees around himself: Klan murders, a racial divide, hypocrisy, and an entirely different message from his grandfather, preacher at "the biggest Baptist church in Athens, with his own radio program."

This book, first published as "The Gospel Truth," began in a creative writing class at the Peachtree City Library. Students were required to submit a writing assignment each week. After writing a dozen short stories, centered in the fictional town of Ty Ty* and the protagonist, I was encouraged to continue and collect the stories in a single book. "On Ty Ty Creek" is the result of that effort.

  • There is a real Ty Ty, Georgia and a real Ty Ty Creek. The persons, events, and institutions in the book are entirely fictional.

Paul Lentz

About Paul Lentz (Atlanta, Georgia Author)

Paul Lentz

Paul Lentz was born in Concord, NC, and attended schools in Guilford and Albemarle, NC; and Quantico USMC Base, VA. He graduated from Concord High School in 1962. In 1966, he was a Distinguished Military Graduate of The Citadel, receiving a BS in Physics. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the USAF in which he served until his retirement as a Lt. Colonel in 1986. He earned his private pilot license in 1974, and a MS degree from Purdue University in 1975.

— After retiring from the Air Force, he worked for The Robinson Company, owned by his wife, providing training and consulting services to the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the US Army, the Patent and Trademark Office, and C-SPAN Television.

— He moved to Peachtree City, Georgia, in 2005 where he serves as Secretary and Chief Financial Officer of the Friends of the Peachtree City Library.

— He is the author of four novels, "On Ty Ty Creek: Sweet Potato Pie, Moonshine, and other Southern Traditions" "The Stuff of Life: Book I," "Holy Fire,” and “The Cry of the Innocents.” All are available on amazon.com in both print and Kindle editions. All royalties accrue to the Peachtree City Library, Inc.