Grace Hawthorne, Historical Novel, Historical fiction, shorters way, shorter's way is a novel of  historical fiction. An Historical novel about politics in the 1920's, 1920's politics in a novel by by Grace Hawthorne, Well researched historical fiction about Georgia politics in the 1920's by Grace Hawthorne. This novel by Grace Hawthorne is about rambunctious Georgia politics in the 1920's, the heyday of freewheeling, no-holds-barred, campaigning. A novel of historical fiction about political ambition, intrigue, murder, race, and good intentions gone awry.