Reviews

Deborah Smith
NYT Best Selling Author

"What Gone With the Wind did for the plantation class, Stone Mountain: The Granite Sentinel does for the average person in this era."

Sandra Anglin Chastain
Author

"A must have for anyone interested in the Civil War, Georgia history or a great story."

Gary Livingston
Author
Fields Of Gray, The Battle of Griswoldville
Fall of Fort McAllister
Cradled in Glory
Fallujah, With Honor
AnNasiriyah, The Fight For the Bridges

In the genre of Georgia Civil War writers, Margaret Mitchell and Maggie Davis, comes another great novel about Georgia. Stone Mountain: The Granite Sentinel by Georgian George D. N. Coletti. Stone Mountain is an historic novel of epic proportions about how several common families in Georgia coped with this bitter and tragic war. The research that Coletti undertook had to be awesome in its scope. His style is similar to James Michener in that the reader learns much about what he is reading, in this case Stone Mountain, Georgia, and how the every day citizens handled the devastating situation they were hurled into. Coletti uses footnotes to back up the historical theme of the book as well as letters and orders from the Official Records of the Civil War. He ties the fact and fiction into a great story. It is a good read as one is quickly transported back to that time of brother against brother. I highly recommend it and would love to see a movie adapted from the book.

J. Louis Markham
Veteran of WWII and the Korean War
Residing in Loganville, GA

"Stone Mountain: The Granite Sentinel" is only the second book out of hundreds and hundreds I have read that is worthy of re-reading immediately. The other book was "Gone with the Wind" in 1939.

Commentary by Richard Mailman
City Councilman
Stone Mountain, GA

"Stone Mountain: The Granite Sentinel" is a Civil war historical novel about great loss of life, property, and dignity. But, in this novel is spun much more than sorrow over a war that pitted brother against brother, and that is love of family, love of friends, and love of home. Great job, Dr. George Coletti!

Commentary by Hugh Jordan
Former State Representitive
Former Member of the MARTA Board
Former Executive Secretary of the Public Service Comission

If you are a history buff you will enjoy this book. Interaction between humans is always interesting. Mixing it with history is even more interesting. The book is 665 pages, but reads like it is half of that. I was sorry it had to end.

Mary Beth Reed, MA
President
NEW SOUTH ASSOCIATES, INC.

In this first novel, George Coletti brings together his love for Stone Mountain and its history, his love of family, and his interest in the Civil War into a historical narrative. The book can be read in several ways. For those interested in the history of the mountain and village, George Coletti’s careful research shines through, as he brings historical facts into the storyline. He clearly provides the reader a strong sense of Stone Mountain as a historic place. In addition, his comprehensive research on Stone Mountain during the Civil War is well worth reading. This book has another dimension as well. During its writing, the author excited the village, his friends, and family with his passion for the novel and its characters and gave us a chance to share, albeit a second-hand one, in his experience. We have enjoyed reading the fruits of his labor and are inspired by his accomplishment.

Bob Espy
President-Elect
DeKalb History Center

Stone Mountain: The Granite Sentinel depicts the hard working class of The South, their trials and tribulations as war looms on the horizon and finally takes you through the Hell that is War. The Granite Sentinel is not just a love story that tells the reader about how life truly was in the Old South but is backed by meticulous historical documentation. Anybody who enjoys a love story and history will certainly want to read this book.

Mac McGuirt
Retired Businessman & Amateur Genealogist

Dr. George Coletti has performed the incredible task of combining the key aspects of drama, action and romance novels into one exciting story based on historical fact. It paints the mosaic of how difficult life was for the working class in Georgia when the Civil War appeared at their doorsteps as General Sherman marched through Georgia to the Sea.The Granite Sentinel is an incredible literary achievement and a riveting read from cover to cover.