"This 1868 story takes place on the eve of decades of destruction of the giant cypress in the vast Atchafalaya Swamp by Yankee logging companies. Jean Claude Benoit has disappeared. Is he alive or dead somewhere out there in the swamp? Sidonie, his young Acadian fiancée, seeks answers to this and other mysteries in this Louisiana bayou tale. Who stole her cousin Emile's gold coins that he brought with him t ...Täielik kirjeldus
"This 1868 story takes place on the eve of decades of destruction of the giant cypress in the vast Atchafalaya Swamp by Yankee logging companies. Jean Claude Benoit has disappeared. Is he alive or dead somewhere out there in the swamp? Sidonie, his young Acadian fiancée, seeks answers to this and other mysteries in this Louisiana bayou tale. Who stole her cousin Emile's gold coins that he brought with him to Louisiana after fleeing Paris? What is the identity of the unrecognizable mutilated body retrieved from the swamp? Sidonie unravels these mysteries with the help of a hermit swamper and a trateur, or Cajun faith healer. During the search, while deep in the swamp, she learns the long hidden secret of her own identity ... a stunning revelation that transforms her life and sets her on a unique and radiant path."--Back cover.