22 Charlotte Street, The Historic District, Charleston, South Carolina 29403, United States
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A Southern Story
The County Messenger has a fast-paced Southern storyline that is descriptive and humorous, with dialect and vivid characters who immerse readers in the new, progressive South. The story focuses on racial diversity with strong, empowered businesswomen still embracing their core Southern values.
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The County Messenger tells of regal old Amelia Tyree, who sells SC's oldest newspaper to her Goddaughter, Leah Alban. With the help of her new best friend, Eldo Woodrow, who's also the County Coroner, Leah modernizes the newspaper format, its historic building, and its antiquated equipment. Then she launches a modern era of coverage, including the underserved Black community to the betterment of the county. A circus train rolling home to Florida for the winter catches fire and disgorges its menagerie, including an abused and angry tiger who terrorizes the county. The Tobacco Festival, a street dance, barbecue supper, and a parade play out against the backdrop of the circus disaster, prompting a handsome Florida newspaper owner to arrive and cover the carnage. Eldo supplies all the latest disaster news, while Gypsy Travelers and a European playboy's escapades also find their way onto the front pages. The story builds pleasingly to a conclusion that secures the future of The County Messenger, the novel's constant, for coming generations.
Author M. Vaughan Alsbrook
M. Vaughan Alsbrook has been the youngest professional newspaper editor in America, an advertising agency owner, and a marketing exec in Historic Charleston, SC. Her parents operated a regal old hotel in Kingstree, SC, her hometown. Today she owns the #1 B&B in Charleston's Historic District where she has lived for fifty years. Visit the website of her B&B at www.22Charlotte.com