Red Land Book

Before a grand panorama of post-Revolutionary War South, Daniel Hudson struggles to survive amid prejudicial minds of the time. A fading native American culture greets Hudson, whose quest is to discover his true identity as he searches for land and a place to call home. Fired from a job in the Gold Region of Alabama, he suffers not only the loss of a father, but is plagued by his ghostly voice. Daniel encounters a military family that changes his course, and although plagued with amnesia after an ambush, meets an old adversary whose madness entangles him with murder. A flight and pursuit saga unfolds that takes him through Louisiana''s famous No Man''s Land, Mexican Tejas Territory, and finally the red hills of north Louisiana. Daniel''s subconscious and introspective personality propels the story forward as his inner-man develops. Red Land is a story full of southern flavor and its torrent weather storms. The historical avenues of Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana are highlighted. Dollops of down home romance, will draw the reader into this particular ancestral line that remains lost to historians. Evident of the red dirt clinging to her heart, Charlotte Ewing unveils ancestral secrets of multi-generations within the Hudson and Tyree families from the gulf south region. She documents her findings with concise family charts, census and land records. Charlotte''s love of history, her competency as a researcher, and her artistry in spinning a great story makes this work an exceptional ancestral puzzle.