The Swamp Girl

About the Book

Orphaned at the age of five months, Lula’s search for her identity takes her from the banks of the Okefenokee Swamp to the Georgia state capital. Along the way Lula finds love and deception that ultimately sends her to prison’s death row to be the first woman executed in that state. In the final desperate hours Father Mc Connor, the prison Priest, discovers a little known law that grants her a stay of execution. During the unraveling of the conspiracy plot Lula learns that she is a French citizen. Lula and her husband David travel to France. They arrive just ahead of the German invasion. David is taken out of the country, but Lula must remain. She takes charge of an exclusive vineyard during the occupation and becomes a vital link in the underground’s effort to smuggle Allied flyers through enemy lines to safety.

About the Author

The author was raised on a farm in Northeastern Ohio. After high school, he served in the Air Force as a B-29 and a B-36 crew member. After the Korean War held several positions, among them were medical technician, railroad construction foreman, and machinist. After completing college at Texas A & M Texarcana and Fort Lee Virginia. He ended his career as Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant Texas, where from June 1988 through September 1991 he served as Equipment manager for the I. N. F. Treaty. That treaty assured that the United States and Russia would destroy all of their Intermediate Range Mjssils.