This Saturday (April 30) I will be signing copies of my book, “Forest Hill,
Louisiana: A Bloom Town History,” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Conundrum Books in
St. Francisville. The event coincides with the St. Francisville Spring Garden
Stroll.
The book details the history of Forest Hill, a town of about
800 people near Alexandria that’s also home to 220-plus plant nurseries. Forest
Hill has long been a favorite among gardeners and landscapers and thousands
flock to the town’s annual Louisiana Nursery Festival in March.
Forest Hill
was also the site of Solomon Northup’s first home in Louisiana, the main character
and narrator of “12 Years A Slave.” The massive timber industry utilized the
ancient forests surrounding the town and only a few miles away was Camp
Claiborne, home to the largest peacetime war maneuvers in U.S. history and
training ground for half a million soldiers during World War II.
Cheré Dastugue Coen is
the author of several Louisiana romances under the pen name of Cherie
Claire. She is also the author of “Forest Hill, Louisiana: A Bloom Town History,” “Haunted Lafayette, Louisiana” and “Exploring Cajun Country: A Historic Guide to
Acadiana” and
co-author of “Magic’s in the Bag: Creating Spellbinding Gris Gris
Bags and Sachets.” Write
her at cherecoen@gmail.com.
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