Author Martha Perritti to sign books at the Downtown Marketplace, November 13

 TALLAHASSEE--Author Martha Perritti will return to the Downtown Marketplace at Ponce De Leon Park for a book signing on November 13, 2004 from 8:00am till 2:00pm.  She will feature her newest book, the widely-acclaimed historical novel, Standing against the Wind. Based on her family, the novel is rich in Cherokee heritage, including how family members experienced the tragedy of the Trail of Tears. 

    Recently, Perritti moved to Tallahassee from Pine Island in southwest Florida. She was born in the valley of the Caddo Mountains in Alabama, featured in portions of the novel. Be sure to mark your calendar for her October 16 book signing and spend some time with this personable author and her fascinating stories. Along with this newest novel, Perritti will have her collection of books on hand to sign.

About the novel

    Standing against the Wind is a family story based on fact and written in a framework of fiction. It’s about three Cherokee women--all of whom were Perritti’s great grandmothers. At the age of 60, Perritti discovered her Cherokee heritage, thus her fact-based story begins in the Cumberland Gap and follows the path her Cherokee family unfolds for her. The reader travels through early Native Americans living peacefully in the Carolina mountains, to the treacherous Trail of Tears, the Civil War and to the final removal of Native Americans from Martha’s family homestead in the Caddo Mountains of northern Alabama.

    Standing against the Wind (Lifestyles Press) took three years to research and write. Part of the research involved Perritti traveling the actual trail in each of the states where her great grandmothers traveled and lived.

    Perritti writes in longhand, with very little rewrite--a natural gift she has learned to accept and allow to flow. Perritti’s unique novel form provides outlined historical summaries along the way to place the reader in the historical framework of the story.

     Standing against the Wind is available on Amazon.com and on Perritti’s website, Marthalouperritti.com. For media inquiries, contact publicist Lynda Long at email LKL47@comcast.net.