Butch Foster met Carl Morse when he was 9 years old. So intrigued by the man and his sudden connection to him, as an adult, he felt Carl Morse was telling him to write his story.
While many of the characters are based on real people from Granville, the actions and storylines are folklore.
Carl Morse was caught up in the aftermath of a shooting, and drawn into innuendo not of his choosing. After his parents died while he was a teen, his love and future wife, Maimi, left him, as one disappointment followed another, Carl Morse retreated to the one place he felt safe. The one constant throughout his life: his close friendship with his childhood friend, Elwin Shirley. They remained close friends until Morse himself disappeared.
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