Author Martha Tannery Jones will be returning to her native Nacogdoches in a few weeks to debut her new Children’s book to residents and visitors at downtown store Heart of Texas on Saturday, March 26, from 1 to 4 p.m. with a book signing.
Jones was born in Nacogdoches, Texas and was raised around the history of Texas’ Oldest Town, spending her early years in property once owned by Sam Houston. Previous Children books from Jones include The Great Texas Scare: A Story of the Runaway Scrape, The Ghost at the Old Stone Fort, and The Mystery of Y’Barbo’s Tunnel. “I have always enjoyed hearing stories from the past, especially those pertaining to Nacogdoches,” said Jones, “It is a delight to be able to recreate these history stories for children.”
Red Calico, Jones latest story, details the story of her great, great, grandmother. She was abandoned by neighbors when both of her parents died of yellow fever. She was found as an infant by a Choctaw Indian Tribe in Mississippi. In 1831, at the age of thirteen, a Doctor traded ten yards of red calico for the teenager. The Doctor and his wife raised her as she was their own from that point on. Jones descendent is buried in the Old Union Cemetery, in Nacogdoches County.
Jones will be on hand to recount the stories of her families past in person at the book signing. The Heart of Texas is located at 110 S. Pecan Street, on the square in historic downtown Nacogdoches.
