Louisa of Woods' Crossing
Subtitle: A Story of the Texas Frontier
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: August 8, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781425733889
Subjects: Historical fiction; Historical - General; Fiction / Historical; Fiction; Fiction - Historical
First sentence: On a hot and humid day in May of 1835 Coahuila y Tejas, a province of Mexico, fourteen year-old Sarah Louise Woods known fondly to friends and family as 'Louisa' sat reading on the roofed front porch of her family's 'dogtrot' cabin.
Notes: Louisa of Woods Crossing is about the Texas frontier just prior to the 1836 War of Texas Independence. The fourteen year-old heroine of the story lived during times of hardships and dangers including nightmarish depredations by hostile Indians inclined to barbarous acts. Nothing was more feared than raids on cabins and the terryfying abductions of teen-aged girls. The family homestead on the Lavaca River was that of the typical log cabin with fields, pastures, and the customary animals except for two red wolf 'watchdogs' adopted as orphaned pups. The story is also an endearing one of close friendships with other pioneer girls.