Okatibbee Creek edition by Lori Crane Literature Fiction eBooks
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In the bloodiest years of our nation’s history, a young mother was left alone to endure the ravages of the Civil War and a typhoid epidemic that threatened the lives of everyone left behind.
Okatibbee Creek is based on the true story of Mary Ann Rodgers, who survived the collapse of the Confederate dollar, food shortages, and the deaths of countless family members to war and disease. As she searched for a way to feed her children and her orphaned nieces and nephews, Sherman’s Union army marched through Mississippi on their way to destroy Meridian, and Mary Ann found the distant war literally on her doorstep. Help arrived just in the nick of time in the form of an unexpected champion, and Mary Ann emerged on the other side a heroic woman with an amazing story.
Okatibbee Creek is a novel of historical fiction that brings the Deep South vividly to life and will have you cheering and crying through a real-life story of loss, love and survival.
Okatibbee Creek edition by Lori Crane Literature Fiction eBooks
I seriously debated between a 4 and a 5. I absolutely loved this story - not for the plot line, which is really just the equivalent of reading someone's diary - but because it is the equivalent of reading someone's diary. The first-person narration from a woman who experiences such joy and such loss while she tries to live her life fully is mesmerizing.I normally don't like characters whose sole goal in life is to be a wife and mother. I'm usually drawn to characters who struggle with their desire to be more. Mary Ann, however, is happy with her role and thus can fully experience the joys and the heartbreaks. She doesn't spend a lot of time wailing over the lot she cannot change; she makes do. No need to spend page after page crying about deprivations during the War; we learned those in elementary-school history classes. Mary Ann puts a human face on it.
I empathize with those who felt they were reading a family tree. I found myself skimming over the names and dates; I felt the concept of family was the real point. The way Mary Ann views death and life, as learned as a child and continuing throughout her life, is the story. I found myself openly weeping as I read, and few books have done that for me.
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Okatibbee Creek edition by Lori Crane Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
I bought this quite awhile ago, saving it so I could savor it, and savor it I did that once I started I had to finish every word unstopped. This is one of these books that not only takes you there -- it takes you in and you become part of the families they are discussing. Since I once lived in that "neck of the woods," nearby to Meridian, MS, I had to get it. Am I glad I did! I don't want to give it away and even tell too much about it, except to recommend it for anyone who loves GREAT historical fiction of the South in the time both sides of the Civil War. Great writing. I think I'm going to re-read it and from me that is HIGH praise.
A really good read about the old south. Kept me entertained throughout the whole book. It had an interesting explanation on slavery. I think most thought slavery was wrong but condoned it because of the need for workers. It also touched on how the north was unfair on their taxation of the souths goods. I believe this brought on the war as much as the slavery issue. A really good window into the highs and lows of living in the old south.
Albeit based on a real person, the story is fictional, but successfully breathes life into the genealogy of the main and the sub-characters. The author took pride in making this story come alive. I exquisitely felt Mary's happy moments and her retching sadness.
My only complaint is I found it hard to keep all the children, grandchildren, aunts, uncles and townsfolk straight. The author did her best to explain the how's and whys, but unfortunately the details would quickly be lost on me. This issue wasn't distracting enough to keep me from the story; just something a reader should be aware of before going in.
This story, like other titles from this author did not disappoint. I would recommend it to readers interested in strong women characters, love of historical fiction and of period stories.
This is historical fiction based upon a real family, lovingly researched be the author and descendant Lori Crane.
The time is the early 1800s, homes were cabins with dirt floors. People had large numbers of children and lived off the land.
The story begins when six year old Mary Ann describes a
day when two of her brothers are found drowned in the creek. Her mother is in bed laboring to birth another child. She relates the lives, of herself and her family over the next 40 years.
This was interesting, emotional, and compelling. I enjoyed it. I feel it would be a book that could be enjoyed by pre-teens as well as adults.
Again, I LOVE Lori Cranes' books....this one was great, BUT...the transition of book to is HORRIBLE....I have to decipher some words which are spelled wrong, some words are missing, and being an English major, I pick up on all the mistakes! If you can learn to overlook all the errors in grammar, then the book itself is like learning history without realizing that's what you are doing, because the story is so captivating, factual, and the characters are so real! I recommend this book to anyone who loves a great storyline that doesn't jump all over the place, and her research has the dust bowl, depression, wars, etc. on the correct timeline, and she just writes what she feels these ancestors of hers are feeling.....captivating!!!!
For fans of historical fiction, you will really enjoy this book. It is more of a family saga. It is almost impossible to keep up with the names of the characters , so don't get bogged down with trying to keep up with the characters and their names. Mary, is the main character, and narrator. By last round, I think her Mother had at least 14 children. All the children also had large families, so as you can see, trying to keep up with the names of the different characters was next to impossible. This is a true story. Between death from typhoid fever, and the Civil War battle field you will need a box of tissues. The family was not dirt poor, and even had slaves. A good read, not your typical Civil War family saga. Very little mention of slavery.
From the very beginning, I was captivated by this story and its picturesque setting and its cast of characters making a life before, during, and after the years of the Civil War. The narrator of the audio tape, Margaret Lepera, provides just the right touch of a southern accent to make the narration of Mary Ann Rodgers' landscape and personality leap to life.
Lori Crane is an exceptional storyteller of the Deep South. The ingrained notion of slavery is accepted by the characters and the fight over it through such a high price is puzzling to the characters of Okatibbee Creek. They end up freeing their slaves anyway as a result of the destroyed economy of this part of Mississippi. The strong female, Mary Ann, keeps families together and carries on the tradition of her father and mother in the love shown to all human beings. A life examined is one worth living and Crane presents us with one exceptional life worth examining in the audio or book form of Okatibbee Creek.
I seriously debated between a 4 and a 5. I absolutely loved this story - not for the plot line, which is really just the equivalent of reading someone's diary - but because it is the equivalent of reading someone's diary. The first-person narration from a woman who experiences such joy and such loss while she tries to live her life fully is mesmerizing.
I normally don't like characters whose sole goal in life is to be a wife and mother. I'm usually drawn to characters who struggle with their desire to be more. Mary Ann, however, is happy with her role and thus can fully experience the joys and the heartbreaks. She doesn't spend a lot of time wailing over the lot she cannot change; she makes do. No need to spend page after page crying about deprivations during the War; we learned those in elementary-school history classes. Mary Ann puts a human face on it.
I empathize with those who felt they were reading a family tree. I found myself skimming over the names and dates; I felt the concept of family was the real point. The way Mary Ann views death and life, as learned as a child and continuing throughout her life, is the story. I found myself openly weeping as I read, and few books have done that for me.
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