Author's Corner: "Old Wayne"

Cletis R. Ellinghouse, a writer in Puxico, Mo., has released "Old Wayne," a book about the Civil War as experience in Wayne County. The book tells about Nathanial W. Watkins, a lawyer in Southeast Missouri at the time, and how he may have attempted to thwart President Lincoln's reconciliation agenda.

Ellinghouse has a few books under his belt as well as experience as a newspaper publisher for a few small papers in Southeast Missouri.

"Old Wayne," published by Xlibris Corp., is available at Barnes & Noble, Hastings in Poplar Bluff, Mo., the Wayne County Journal-Banner in Piedmont, Mo., Country Blessings in Puxico, by contacting Ellinghouse at 573-222-3673 or the publisher at orders@xlibris.com.

-- From staff reports