Swamp Water: A Southern Gothic Novel by George Sessions Perry | Brown Thrasher Books Collection | Perfect for Book Clubs & Literary Enthusiasts

Swamp Water, the first novel by a young native of south Georgia, was an immediate critical and financial success. The setting is the mysterious Okefenokee in southern Georgia―"the Swamp that pulled a man down and never let him go." Movie versions were made in 1941 (by Jean Renoir) and in 1951.