A Christmas Carolinian

About the Book

Holiday Cheer from the Antebellum South! Columbia, South Carolina. December 24, 1862. It is the week of the “Christmas Raid of Kentucky” and the height of the war among the states. The chill in the air carries hickory-scented plumes of smoke upward from colonial chimneys. Within Antebellum homes, Confederate soldiers cuddle-up with southern belles beneath mistletoe and share mint jelly, ambrosia, and chestnuts from the hearth. Ebenezer Scrooge, wealthy plantation owner, will have none of it. That is, until the miserly curmudgeon is haunted by the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future and forced to review his wasted life of misanthropy. Never straying in message from Charles Dickens’ novella, Chris Cook has set the Christmas classic in the American Civil War, a time of strife and struggle not unlike the pain and poverty that belied 1830’s Dickensian London. Also included is a delightful companion piece to the play. CONFEDERATE BILL, Memoir of a Civil War Veteran is the real-life autobiography by Cook’s great, great grandfather, William E. Trahern. Published for the first time ever, it is an important piece of history, documenting the adventures and vagaries of a young rebel soldier. Both stories are southern-fried treats! “Yule “ love em!

About the Author

CHRIS COOK has been featured on A&E's Paranormal State and the E! True Hollywood Story. He holds an MFA in Theatre from Roosevelt University in Chicago, An MA in Professional Counseling from South University, and a BA in Drama from Winthrop College. His plays include adaptations of Night of the Living Dead, Phantom of the Opera, Frankenstein, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Cook is also a veteran actor, 2014 will mark his 40th year in the American Theatre.