In this patchwork of pictures
and journals, letters and stories, memories
and recollections, Rita A. Read has
captured a moving, living portrait of
Cross Plains, TennesseeÑa small, rural
American town.
From the stories of its early settlers,
the memories of its soldiers, the
development of its churches and schools
a picture gradually emerges of not just
a town but its peopleÑa people
collectively endowed with colorful spirit,
humor, and humanity.