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Before the war reached the battlefield, it often showed up in quieter ways—in hesitation, in mistrust, in the sense that things were no longer as steady as they once were. In The Reluctant Patriot, Susan Lohafer traces that gradual shift through the life of a man trying to keep his world intact.

Harrison Self has built his life around his farm and his family, holding to the belief that staying out of the war will allow him to preserve both. He is not interested in causes or allegiances, only in maintaining the stability he has worked to create.

That belief is tested when his son becomes involved in a Unionist effort to sabotage Confederate railroad bridges. The consequences move quickly, bringing suspicion and attention not only to those directly involved, but to those connected to them.

When Harry is arrested and accused of treason, he is forced into a system of military courts where truth is uncertain and loyalties are constantly shifting. Surrounded by conflicting testimonies and growing mistrust, he must navigate a situation where outcomes are unpredictable. The story follows his attempt to understand how neutrality is judged in a time when even inaction can carry consequences.

Author Details

Susan Lohafer is the author of The Reluctant Patriot, a historical novel based on true events from the Civil War in East Tennessee.

A graduate of Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude), Stanford University (M.A. in Creative Writing), and New York University (Ph.D. in American Literature), she spent her academic career at the University of Iowa, where she specialized in short fiction theory and narrative structure.

Her previous books include Coming to Terms with the Short Story and Reading for Storyness: Preclosure Theory, Empirical Poetics, and Culture in the Short Story, as well as the co-edited volume Short Story Theory at a Crossroads. Her shorter works have appeared in publications such as The Southern Review, and a 2011 essay was on the ‘Notable’ list in The Best American Essays.

She lives in Tennessee.

Visit Susan at her website.

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