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Read [Lottie Guttry Book] * Alligator Creek Online # PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Alligator Creek Amazon Customer said Alligator Creek. This fictional history is based on a true story described in family records and letters from during the the American Civil War (1861-1865). The reader is told the story was retold by the family over five or more generations. The story revolves primarily around one family and their closest relatives, house servants, and friends. The setting of much of the stor. I thoroughly enjoyed Alligator Creek I thoroughly enjoyed Alligator Creek. I loved that it was base
| Title | : | Alligator Creek |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.27 (612 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1612542417 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-03 |
| Language | : | English |
Amazon Customer said Alligator Creek. This fictional history is based on a true story described in family records and letters from during the the American Civil War (1861-1865). The reader is told the story was retold by the family over five or more generations. The story revolves primarily around one family and their closest relatives, house servants, and friends. The setting of much of the stor. I thoroughly enjoyed Alligator Creek I thoroughly enjoyed Alligator Creek. I loved that it was based on actual family history. The unfortunate part was that I finished the book too quickly. I wish the book had been twice as long. It was a treasure to know that what I was reading was based on something real and not just fiction. The author, Lottie Guttry, brought the characters to life. Even week. "ALLIGATOR CREEK will please readers who enjoy history as well as those who just like a" according to Texas Reader. In this novel set during the Civil War, Lottie Guttry vividly draws her main character, Sarah, depicting her difficult experience as a military wife with the resulting fear, anger, frustration, and weariness that war brings to wives at home. Sarah and the other characters work through their day-to-day struggles from working to keep the family alive to dealing
. Her previous publications include Boom, a musical based on the history of the East Texas Oil Field, and The Enchanted Swan, a play for children. Their history became the basis of Alligator Creek. She participates in the music program at her church, serves on several community boards, plays duplicate bridge, and travels. As Lottie conducted research for this assignment, a cousin introduced her to the story of Sarah and Alexan
On board is her husband, Alex, crowded into a boxcar with fellow recruits and imagining the terrors awaiting him in Manassas, Gettysburg, Olustee, and the Wilderness. Based on a true family story, Alligator Creek presents strong characters who survived the hardship of the American Civil War through love, sacrifice, and endurance.. On a foggy spring morning in 1862, Sarah Browning watches a train leave Lake City, Florida, heading northeast and full of Confederate soldiers. With Alex on the battlefield, Sarah uses her wit and Christian faith to sustain her family through innumerable hardships, made all the more threatening without comfort from her husband. Alone to face these challenges, Sarah makes the most dramatic decision of her life
But their faith and values endure, as does the North Florida landscape. The Brownings grow and change throughout the book. Sarah is sustained by her love for her husband, her Christian faith, and her own natural grit and determination, and Guttry combines all of these aspects into a very well-rounded character who is the most memorable part of the story. A very enjoyable, involving read.'' --Fiona Ness, Historical Novel Society . Alligator Creek is a highly readable novel of historical fiction.'' --SEAN MCMAHON, PHD, Professor of History, Florida Gateway College, Lake City, FL''Lottie Guttry's account of her ancestors' lives during and after the Civil War is a spellbinding narrative that is written with such care and attention to detail
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