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SUMMARY:Lost Souls Recovered 
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DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn more about Eric Walker's novel\, Lost Souls R
 ecovered\, inspired by his own family research and stories. It follows one
  family's fight for freedom in the post-Civil War American South. .\nhttps
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us to learn more about Eric Walker's 
 novel\, <em>Lost Souls Recovered</em>\, inspired by his own family researc
 h and stories. It follows one family's fight for freedom in the post-Civil
  War American South. Books will be for sale\, and Walker will also talk ab
 out the publishing process.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><strong>If you would like to re
 ceive an email reminder about this event\, please register.</strong></p>\n
 <p><strong>Join us in person\, or live stream this program at&nbsp\;<a hre
 f="https://bexleylibrary.org/tv">BexleyLibrary.org/TV</a>. </strong></p>\n
 <p><strong>A video recording will be available following this program on o
 ur YouTube Channel at&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BexleyPublic
 Library">youtube.com/@BexleyPublicLibrary</a>.</strong></p>\n<p><span styl
 e="text-decoration: underline\;"><em>Book Description</em></span></p>\n<p>
 When the wife of a plantation owner dies on a fateful night in 1887\, John
  Billingsly makes the gut-wrenching decision to leave his mother and every
 thing he knows to flee their slave cabin in Richmond\, Virginia. Instructe
 d by his mother to find a cousin in Mt. Hope\, Alabama\, John wends his wa
 y south in hope of a better life.</p>\n<p>With the plantation owner shadow
 ing him every step of the way\, his journey is perilous. One misstep could
  cost him his freedom&mdash\; and his life.</p>\n<p>Inspired by a true sto
 ry\,&nbsp\;Lost Souls Recovered&nbsp\;is a mesmerizing historical family s
 aga of loss and gain\, survival and self-reinvention\, and one family's fi
 ght for freedom in the midst of the post-Civil War American South.</p>\n<p
 ><span style="text-decoration: underline\;"><em>Author Bio</em></span></p>
 \n<p>As an amateur genealogist and family historian\,&nbsp\;Eric&nbsp\;Wal
 ker&nbsp\;was impelled to write his debut novel&nbsp\;<em>Lost Souls Recov
 ered&nbsp\;</em>when he discovered&nbsp\;the richness of&nbsp\;family&nbsp
 \;stories through research&nbsp\;of historical documents&nbsp\;and those&n
 bsp\;told to him by&nbsp\;relatives.&nbsp\;As he read historical documents
  and talked to relatives\, he'd envision a way to bring to life in fiction
  form many of his&nbsp\;ancestors&nbsp\;who lived a hardscrabble&nbsp\;lif
 e and who worked to overcome&nbsp\;hardship.&nbsp\;He believed the written
  word could unlock doors as well as the imagination and unite our spirit t
 hrough our visions.&nbsp\;He is working on a second novel involving land&n
 bsp\;loss&nbsp\;through force and intimidation during the early post-Recon
 struction&nbsp\;era.&nbsp\;He is a lawyer and lives in Ohio.&nbsp\;</p>\nh
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