Chris Cook

A Christmas Carolinian: a Play in Three Acts Chris Cook

Publisher Marketing: Holiday Cheer from the Antebellum South! Columbia, South Carolina. December 24, 1862. It is the week of the "Christmas Raid of Kentucky" and the height of the war among the states. The chill in the air carries hickory-scented plumes of smoke upward from colonial chimneys. Within Antebellum homes, Confederate soldiers cuddle-up with southern belles beneath mistletoe and share mint jelly, ambrosia, and chestnuts from the hearth. Ebenezer Scrooge, wealthy plantation owner, will have none of it. That is, until the miserly curmudgeon is haunted by the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future and forced to review his wasted life of misanthropy. Never straying in message from Charles Dickens' novella, Chris Cook has set the Christmas classic in the American Civil War, a time of strife and struggle not unlike the pain and poverty that belied 1830's Dickensian London. Also included is a delightful companion piece to the play. CONFEDERATE BILL, Memoir of a Civil War Veteran is the real-life autobiography by Cook's great, great grandfather, William E. Trahern. Published for the first time ever, it is an important piece of history, documenting the adventures and vagaries of a young rebel soldier. Both stories are southern-fried treats! "Yule " love em! Contributor Bio:  Cook, Chris When not writing and performing poetry, Chris Cook plays trumpet in the Spokane Symphony, and teaches music at Gonzaga University. His children's poetry is contained in If Kids Ruled the School, Rolling in the Aisles, and My Teacher's in Detention, published by Meadowbrook Press. Also, My Teacher's in Big Trouble, published by Scholastic. Chris is the winner of the Terrain 5 All-Star Poetry Slam, Spokane Poetry Slam, and the Eastern Washington University Poetry Slam. He has spent summers touring the U. S. and Europe as a professional yo-yo demonstrator, and was at one time a nationally-ranked table soccer player. He lives in Spokane with his wife and children.