"Old Country Road"

Photography courtesy of Cynthia R. Thomas

Cafe Bike Sign

Weathered cafe bike sign that hung over the doorway of 'The Cafe'. Photograph courtesy of Cynthia Thomas.

HINTO APONIVI aka BLUE WIND

THE LITTLE SLAVE GIRL Aponivi translates into ‘Where the wind blows down the gap. Hinto meant ‘Blue'.She was a Native American Indian captured and sold into slavery.

"Mean 'Old Rooster"

Up And Down The Old Country Road A Road Island Red Rooster, the same as described in the story.

THE LITTLE SLAVE GIRL

BLUE WIND - NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN - Statue owned by C.R. Thomas - Sculptor unknown

"THE CREATURE" aka "Blue Wind"

THE LITTLE SLAVE GIRL Artist, E.P. Peters, Original Black and White Pen Sketch, of 'The Creature' after she has been made ready for the master. Artist, E.P.Peters

LU - AGE 2

THE LITTLE SLAVE GIRL Artist, E.P.Peters, Black and White Sketch of Lu, first born daughter of Blue Wind aka Mala. She was removed from her mother's care at two years old and grew up in Richmond, Virginia with her father's aunt.

LU - GROWN-UP

THE LITTLE SLAVE GIRL Eldest Daughter of Blue Wind. The original color sketch presented by Mr. Peters. I had described Lu's father, the slave master as being of Irish descent and that his first born daughter had hazel green eyes and flaxen red hair.

NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN

"Creek Indian Woman. Historic 1834 painting, by George Caitlin [American Painter, 1796-1872] of a Creek woman known as Tchowesputkowah adorned in a trade silver necklace." Courtesy of Google

Creek Nation Map

PEAR

THE LITTLE SLAVE GIRL Artist, E.P.Peters - Original is black and white sketch. This version has been colorized. Pear is a little girl of three years old when she is taken out of her mother's care to be a shoe maid to the plantation mistress.

EVANGELINE

THE LITTLE SLAVE GIRL Artist, E.P.P. Peters - black and White Pen Sketch of Mistress Evangeline Scott and Pear right after the plantation mistress cut off the chilld's long braids out of jealousy.

PEAR SLEEPING

THE LITTLE SLAVE GIRL Artist, Cassandra E. Armstrong, Acrylic rendering on Canvas. The little slave girl, Pear, with braids cut off, sleeping by side of Mistress' bed.

THE SHOE MAID

THE LITTLE SLAVE GIRL Artist, Shirley Lightfoot, original sketch, black,white and lavender; using gold and silver metallic pens. This is a colorized version of the symbol for Pear.

PEAR - AGE 9

THE LITTLE SLAVE GIRL-Blue Wind's 2nd Daughter Artist, E.P.Peters, original sketch is black and white. Pear at nine years old when she and the Mistress traveled to France during the Civil War in the Americas.

PEAR - GROWNUP FOR THE TIME-14 YRS.

THE LITTLE SLAVE GIRL Artist, E.P.Peters, original sketch is black pen on white artist paper. Pear, age 14 when slavery ended and her father, the former slave master arranged her marriage.

HORSES-DILAPIDATED CAROUSEL-TRAIN

MYSTERY OF GREEN CITY Photography of 2 carousel horses when the carousel was new - courtesy of Cynthia R. Thomas; Black and white picture represents the dilapidated and rusted carousel; and photography of the train - courtesy of history pages for Norfolk and Western trains via google.com

OLDER KEG

KEG & THE NUMBERS GAME Artisit, E.P.Peters. Older Keg-Clean Shaven. Original is black pen sketch on parchment paper. Mr. Peters presented me with this sketch after hearing the story read aloud. It is the character, Keg, after he obtained work as a night manager at a nightclub in Harlem, New York, back in the day.

young keg

KEG & THE NUMBERS GAME Artisit, E.P.Peters-original is black pen sketch on parchment paper. Mr. Peters presented me with this sketch. It is the character as a young man living in the south.

KEG IN THE ABSTRACT

KEG & THE NUMBERS GAME Artist - Shirley E. Lightfoot, Produced with color pencils, and gold and silver metallic pens. When I saw this drawing I immediately became aware that it was Keg. Once you read the story...I have no doubt that you will agree.

CHLOE'S PORTRAIT

THE GIRL FROM KANSAS Artist, Quinn Tracey Barrett - Black and white sketched in one day after discussion with the artist of a need for a woman whose look could transcend the 1930's to 1970's.

PHILIP, CHLOE'S FIRST HUSBAND

THE GIRL FROM KANSAS Philip as a grown man....in about his 40's. Artist - E.P.Peters - Original sketch - Black and White Pen.

PORTRAIT OF AN ELEGANT WOMAN

THE GIRL FROM KANSAS Sitting Portrait of An Elegant Woman - Artist unknown - Original is black and white charcoal sketch of Nettie-Thomas-Green, a Great Aunt, who, the youngest daughter, was born in West VA. in 1885 to Henry W. and Kate Thomas

THE FORTUNE TELLER

Artist, Cassandra E. Armstrong. Original picture is mixed media - color charcoals and shapes cut from construction paper.In this instance artwork represents two fortune tellers at two different times in the character's lifetime.

GIRL WITH LAMB

HERDING THE LITTLE SHEEP Wood Statue hand-carved in Thailand. I went in search of a solid piece that would represent the story's theme, "Herding The Little Sheep". I had just about given up when I found the statue stuck on a back corner shelf in an antique store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania