Roger and Tom Bryant

Secret in the Smokies Roger and Tom Bryant

This novel is based out of the Smoky Mountains of Swain County, North Carolina. The story surrounds itself around a deputy sheriff named Charlie Burk. His character is based upon a real life mountaineer that lived from 1880 to 1964 in the town of Bryson City, North Carolina. Charlie Burk begins his journey of adventure by means of a careless act at the age of eighteen. The shooting of a thief in his father's watermelon patch, triggers a series of events that leads him to a life that is both exciting and eventful. Burk's life involves adventure, love, and redemption with a theme of secrecy. The reader will experience a sense of mountain life in the early part of the twentieth century with a sprinkling of historical flavor. SECRET IN THE SMOKIES is a novel that will keep the reader electrified with a sampling of laughter along the way.