A Confederate General from Big Sur
 A Confederate General From Big Sur is Richard Brautigan's first novel published in 1964.The story takes place in 1957. A man named Lee Mellon believes he is a descendant of a Confederate general who was originally from Big Sur. This general is not in any books or records and there is so far no proof of his existence although Mellon meets a drifter from the Pacific Northwest who has also heard of this general.