Whiskey Chitto Woman - Softcover

Hudson, Marguerite

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1425961053 ISBN 13: 9781425961053

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2007

Synopsis

The opening scene depicts my great grandmother Ellen Johnson fanning her children as they nap on a pallet in the dogtrot of their home in western Louisiana. Laying her palmetto fan aside, she greets John Johnson, her father in law, as he brings a letter from her husband, Aaron Johnson. It is the summer of 1865, and Aaron's name has never appeared on the list of the dead. His right leg was amputated just below the hip after being hit by a mini ball in the Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana, and he was sent to Shreveport where he stayed for 16 months to recover. Then he was sent by steamboat to Alexandria where he is paroled. He writes for someone to come take him home. The young determined wife insist on making the 60-mile trip herself, yet after much ado, is convinced to take a 16-year-old neighbor boy, Sammy James, to accompany her. The journey is fraught with many incidents as they travel through the Sabine Free State, an area famous for outlawry, jay hawking, and marauding. The plot illustrates unbelievably beautiful scenery of (then) Rapides Parish, the roughness of wagon travel and camping, but most of all, the courage and bravery of this young woman.

About this title

About the Author:

Marguerite Hudson, a retired English Teacher, wrote Whiskey Chitto Woman, her first novel. She wrote Emmett Cope: A Tribute of Remembrance, and was part of a trio who wrote Creme de la Creme, a cookbook. She holds two MA Degrees, one from Northern Colorado University at Greeley and one from Northwestern University at Natchitoches, LA. She taught at Ouachita Parish High School, Monroe, LA; Haynesville High School; Bossier High School; Bossier Parish Community College; Centenary; The Barksdale Air Force NCO Academy and Louisiana Tech at Barksdale. She served eight years on the Bossier Parish School Board. Presently, her plans are writing another novel and traveling to South Texas where she enjoys a set of special friends.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1425961053
• ISBN 13: 9781425961053
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232