Whiskey Chitto Woman

About the Book

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.

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 Crème de la Crème, 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.