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Your dedication to
preserving the history of Alabama, through
the telling of Lucinda Jane Pless' story is
inspirational. Your laudable efforts are
continuing the tradition of Southern literary
excellence associated with such notable authors as
Margaret Mitchell (Gone With The Wind) and
Harper Lee (To Kill A
Mockingbird).
Please know that all of
Alabama's residents are proud of you and your
wonderful book.
- Don Siegelman, Former
Governor of Alabama
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 "When I Come
Home," is a 392 page historical novel based on
Judith's family legend of how her
great-great-grandmother, Lucinda Jane Boone Pless, stood up to
a Yankee general while her husband was away fighting for the
South. Major General Lovell H. Rousseau had been ordered to
South Alabama, along with 2,500 Yankee soldiers. Known as
Rousseau’s Raiders, they pillaged, looted and burned
everything from Huntsville to Opelika,
mysteriously
sparing only Dadeville,
Alabama.
To write this
historical novel, Judy has tramped across river ferry landings
and battlefields in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. She has
spent extensive time in libraries as well as combing through
the original courthouse documents from the 1860's; wills,
deeds, tax records, and marriage licenses. The story has
been well researched and written from the historical
perspective. It traces the lives of the main characters as
they are tossed and torn by the rapidly unfolding events which
led up to the Civil War.
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| Dear Judith,
I would like to thank you for writing
such a wonderful novel about the people who settled
Alabama.
I am
personally familiar with many of the places and events
mentioned in your book and, therefore, can honestly say
that you did an admirable of writing about Alabama's
heritage.
I wasn't able to put WHEN
I COME HOME down until I had read every page. You make
your characters come to life. Your detailed descriptions
of the scenes effectively carries the reader back to the
1860's, as if he or she were actually living during that
time.
I heartily
recommend your historical novel, not only to every
person in the great state of Alabama, who would
naturally have a special interest in Alabama history,
but to every person in our
nation.
Congratulations on writing an
excellent book. I know you will have great success
as word becomes known about you and your superb
writing.
- Judge John Patterson,
Former Governor of Alabama
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"This is a
wonderful, wonderful book. I wish everybody would read
it."
- Gervis Mullican, Secretary-Treasurer,
Tallapoosa County Historical Society, President, Horseshoe
Bend Regional Library Association
“Judith did an incredible amount
of research. Every historical fact in that book is absolutely
true. It is a great book.”
- Charles A. Farrow.
ED.D, President, Tallapoosa County Historical Society, Founder
of Central Alabama Community College and Dean for 27
years.
"Judith writes so that the reader can 'feel'
each word to their very soul. I applaud her."
-
Krystin Rowe, Member of Board of Directors of Friends of the
Library, Madison County, Alabama |
Welcome to
the Judy Carney fan club web site.
The drama - "When I Come Home" -
was
performed at the City of Dadeville High School on Lucinda
Day - May 3rd. And also May
9th and 10th. 
