Where the Mockingbird Sang: A novel of the Civil War
David Wilson Atwood is the author of Where the Mockingbird Sang, and The Common Guys Guide to Raising Children. He is best known for his long running column, Points of the Compass in the Anchorage Daily News, Talk of the Bay magazine, and the Fairhope Courier, where he has essayed subjects ranging from Vietnam to combat fishing in Alaska. David majored in biology and chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin after his combat tour in Vietnam with the Marine Corps. He is the father of eight children and lives in Fairhope, Alabama with his wife and two young daughters.