To the Bright and Shining Sun

A determined seventeen-year-old youth struggles to escape the violence of the Cumberland mining region of eastern Kentucky, in a novel that captures the atmosphere and landscape of Appalachia in the early 1960s. Reprint.

These titles, published throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, represent Burke's early work before the creation of his now famous Cajun detective, Dave Robicheaux. Each features protagonists forced to make tough decisions that will forever change the paths of their lives (LJ 3/1/65, LJ 7/70, LJ 1/15/72).
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James Lee Burke is the author of many previous novels, including twelve featuring Detective Dave Robicheaux. He lives with his wife, Pearl, in Missoula, Montana and New Iberia, Louisiana.