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Key ideas from the book
- The novel is set in Louisiana in the fall of 1863, amid Union occupation and Confederate retreat.
- Hannah Laveau flees after being accused of murder, accompanied by abolitionist schoolteacher Florence Milton.
- The story depicts the danger posed by slavecatchers, local authorities, and Confederate irregulars.
- Wade Lufkin returns to his uncle’s plantation after serving as a surgeon on the battlefield.
- The book brings readers into the conflict and changing conditions of Civil War-era Louisiana.
About Flags on the Bayou by James Lee Burke
Set in Louisiana in the fall of 1863, Flags on the Bayou follows a region caught between Union occupation and Confederate retreat. As enslaved people begin to glimpse freedom, irregular forces and local authorities add to the danger of an already unsettled landscape.
Hannah Laveau, an enslaved woman accused of murder, flees with Florence Milton, an abolitionist schoolteacher, while slavecatchers and a local constable pursue them. The story also follows Wade Lufkin, a battlefield surgeon recovering at his uncle’s plantation, and brings together plantation life, military conflict, and skirmishes across the bayous. Readers interested in Civil War-era Louisiana and historical fiction centered on its divided society will find a detailed setting and an action-driven account of this period.
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