Poteete springs from a family of savants and raconteurs, and has honed a skill that came naturally. Lively and animated, his tales of the Cherokee past often take on a Faulkneresque  quality, sprinkled with family connections and obscure facts, and laced with humor. Persons and events in the past become present as Troy Wayne weaves details to breathe life into the ever fascinating history of that family of families that is the Cherokee Nation