Where I Come From

<p class=ql-align-center><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>They say places like Dry Creek no longer exist. </strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Where I Come From</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Curt Iles takes readers on a memorable journey to his beloved Dry Creek Louisiana home.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In his fourteenth book Iles shares over </span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>sixty</span><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> short stories celebrating the rural culture history and people of the Louisiana Pineywoods. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Written in the warm style loved by his readers Curt writes in a resonant voice that elicits laughter and tears often in the same story.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Part travelogue history book social commentary and chock full of memorable tales </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Where I Come From </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is a book readers will find difficult to put down.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>No matter where these stories start they invariably end up/return to his beloved Dry Creek home.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p class=ql-align-center><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I'm from the Pineywoods of western Louisiana. My ancestors began arriving in the 'No Man's Land' area when Louisiana became a state in 1812. They carved homesteads from the vast longleaf pine forests and made it their home. I still own some of that land in Dry Creek and my calling is to share stories passed down through these generations. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>I'm just as interested in today's Pineywoods and its cast of memorable characters and heartwarming stories. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Where I Come From</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is about a love of the land respect for history and stories about a unique culture I love.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It's my love letter to the land I call home. It's where I come from.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Curt Iles shares the joys and challenges of growing up amidst four generations of family in a centuries-old log house known as The Old House. All his stories boil down to relationships and Curt's stories are a reminder that relationships are the only things that </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>really </em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>matter.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Pull up a rocker on the dogtrot porch of The Old House at the edge of Crooked Bayou Swamp where memorable stories and life lessons await. </span></p>