The Alabastard
of the
Mound
by Mary Bonnett
Summary
In 1925, a forty year old albino journeyed back to his hometown in Mounds, Mississippi, where he was driven out at the age of ten. The Mounds town people believed 'the alabastard' laid curses and sent by the devil to destroy the good people who lived in there
It was hard argue...once he moved back...the Flood of 1927 occurred, the 1929 Stock Market crashed, banks closed, farms foreclosed, the drought arrived and the Great Depression set in. By 1930, the people of Mounds, Mississippi were fed up with 'the ablabastard' and planned his demise. Their only problem, 'the alabastard' was not through with the town.
Set deep in the Mississippi Delta, with an Indian Mound framing the albino's abandoned plantation as a backdrop, the stage is set for a cast of unique characters and events to unfold in a town that feared everything but itself.