The Palmetto House
The Great Depression is an important and unique part of our nation's history. it is hard for our modern world where transportation and communication are instant to understand the world of isolation and hardships of that era. The characters in this book understood because they lived it.
When this family reached their destination in the bottomlands of Arkansas’ Red River, they thought they had reached the ends of the earth. They never dreamed they would live there for seven years, homesteading a farm that would insulate them from the outside world and the utter desolation faced by many during those years.
This true story gives readers a glimpse of that world; how the family survived and made the best of what life handed them. They will also see how they overcame hardships and used those experiences to make a better life for themselves.
About Gerry Lites Watkins (Fort Worth, Texas Author)
Gerry Lites Watkins wrote and published hundreds of articles on travel, culture and history for more than 27 years. During the early days of the internet she was one of the first travel journalists to establish online travel magazines. Her magazines, Trails West, Sundancer's West and Travel Destinations lasted for ten years and reached hundreds of thousands of readers.
Mrs. Watkins served as vice president for National Association for Travel Journalists. She and her husband, a photographer, traveled to many countries and across the Americas during those years.
Gerry Lites Watkins is now retired and writing books.
