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Bradford-Gibson publishes two new books
Two new books by local writer Mary Bradford-Gibson of Concordia Parish will go on sale next week -- "Tales from the Front Porch," and "Remembering."
"Remembering," is a compilation of stories told by Idell Stevenson, a lifelong resident of Catahoula Parish who lived at Archie until her death last month. She was in her 90s.
"She was as sharp as a tack," Gibson said of Stevenson. "Everytime I visited her she told me another story. In 1945, she watched her church float off in high water. She talks about seeing baptisms in Little River."
Stevenson grew up in Archie where Hwy. 28 intersects with Hwy. 84. Before the train station was built there in the early 1900s, the community was known as Lavacca. But when the train station was built, it was named Archie after the owner's granddaughter.
Bradford-Gibson's other book, "Tales from the Front Porch," is 90 pages of stories She heard over the years about ghosts, wild animals, the old days, hog killing, logging camps, the railroad station and other topics.
"I was just compelled to write this book," said Gibson, who grew up in the French Fork/Archie/Walters area. "I had to write down the stories I heard from talking to people there all my life. It was a different life back then. It was a time when people worked together and did things together. Friendship and family were the most important things in life."
In the book she writes: "Every evening after supper the family would gather on the front porch and catch up with the latest happenings in the community...As the night began to fall, the story telling would begin. That was many years ago in the early 1900s, and most of the family that grew up in this house are no longer with us. The stories, however, live on as long as their stories are shared."
Gibson's husband, Dr. Herman Gibson, did the illustrations for the book.
She will hold a book signing at 1 p.m. December 22 at Vaughn's Drug Store in Ferriday. |
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