Historical Fiction

The Census - 13 - The Recipe and Epilogue

June 2, 1940 Dear Clara, Here is a copy of the recipe for Susie's homemade wine/alcohol. I won't try it now, but shall when we get back to the...

The Census - 12 The Still

May 22, 1940 Dear Clara, This may well be the last chapter of my story about the Suchla murder, but I learned something very interesting in my visit...

The Census - 11 - Albert

May 15, 1940 Dear Clara I wondered if there would be any more to write about Susie Suchla, my new friend, since her daughter caught me there. I think...

The census 10 - caught

May 5, 1940 Dear Clara, Well I have had another exciting day at Susie's house, and I hope you are as anxious to hear about it as I am to tell you. I...

The Census - 9

April 30, 1940 Dear Clara, I told Martha I would be happy to go back on my own, but truth be told, I was shaking in my boots the next week. I...

The Census - 8 More about the Suchlas

April 21, 1940 Dear Clara, My work is finally over thanks goodness. Iam enjoying my free days, but as I was still very curious about Mrs. Suchla's...

The census - 7

April 17, 1940 Dear Clara, After my excitement with the Polish lady yesterday, all these people I am visiting seem very boring indeed. I will...

The Runaway Ghost -

A long time ago, in the southern state of Louisiana, when it was legal to own slaves, there was a female plantation owner named Meredith Scott who...

Census - 6 (my relatives)

April 15 Dear Clara, I had the most interesting interview today that I couldn't wait to write to you about it. I went to this quite big corner house...