Luke and the Van Zandt County War
Written by: Judy Alter
"A fourteen-year-old girl relates how Van Zandt County withdrew from Texas after the Civil War. The author paints a portrait of one family and how and why they left their home in Mississippi to come to Texas after the CIvil War. the story includes appearances by the Klan, General Sheridan’s military government, and a few independent Texans trying to figure out how to live in changing times. Reconstruction was not an easy time to live, and the people of Van Zandt County deal with the difficulties in in different ways, according to their own philosophies and impulses. Over the course of the novel, Luke, in particular, sees some reason in the arguments of the secessionists as well as the the pacifist, law-abiding case that the doctor makes for staying out of the fray. This novel could be a springboard for discussion of secessionist movements in general and for examination of the independent tradition that is a part of Texan culture."
Sherry @ http://www.semicolonblog.com
Online Resources:
http://www.txgenweb3.org/txvanzandt/
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/VV/hcv2.html
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