The author presents a historical fiction tale of the heart. The characters bring life to the ever present culture clash between north and south Louisiana. Bizarre antics, outrageous personalities, and a search for truth invite the reader to laugh, love, and cry with a passion unique to the story's time and place. "There is a New Orleans and there is a Louisiana with both a north and a south culture division and also a clear physical separation. There was a plantation, though not named Yucca, but not a Little River Community or a town of St. Maurice, but there could have been…….." Excerpt from the prologue Selected works by the author of photography and short stories are offered as Lagniappe!