Books by Jewette Thomas Battles

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Estma Leora Riley Wigley celebrates 100th birthday | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi Ms. Estma Leora Riley Wigley was born on May 9, 1921.

Kosy players named to 4-4A first and second teams | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi Kosciusko junior Ethan Wood has been named Region 4-4A Player of the Year by the re

LADY WHIPPETS: Scenes from Day 3 of the State Championship (SLIDE SHOW) PART ONE | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi Staff of The Star-Herald was on hand to capture all the excitement as the Lady Whippets pulled off an amazing comeback to earn the 4A state championship Saturday. They not only game back from a one-game deficit to take two, in the pivotal Game 3, they TWICE forced extra innings to take the win from....

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$1 Million Powerball Ticket Purchased in Mississippi | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi Below is a press-release from The Mississippi Lottery Corporation: A Vicksburg player who purchased a Powerball ticket in Mississippi has won $1 million!

Wicker and Hyde-Smith renew support for Conservation Funding Protection Act | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi Below is a press release from Senator Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today renewed their support of the Conservation Funding Protection Act, legislation that would protect jobs, energy exploration, and conservation initiatives a...

Senate committee approves Mississippi’s first welfare check increase since 1999 | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi The monthly benefit for a family receiving welfare benefits through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program would be increased from $170 per month to $260 for a family of three if legislation approved Wednesday by the Mississippi Senate Public Health Committee becomes law.

Mississippi is getting $1 billion in stimulus funds for education. Here’s how it can be spent. | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi Schools in Mississippi are about to see a large influx of federal dollars from a second federal coronavirus relief bill passed in December.

WICKER, HYDE-SMITH PROMOTE NATIONAL SCHOOL CHOICE WEEK | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today helped introduce a Senate resolution designating Jan. 24-30, 2021, as National School Choice Week.

Weekly Newsletter - From the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi Bellow is a statement from the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus:

‘Unpredictable and limited’: Dobbs urges patience with COVID-19 vaccine distribution | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi Dr. Thomas Dobbs, the state’s health officer, cautioned Mississippians that receiving COVID-19 vaccines will “take a little bit of time.”

Mayor Cockroft recovering from COVID | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi Kosciusko Mayor Jimmy Cockroft is recovering at home after spending a week in the hospital due to COVID-19 infection. Cockroft and his wife, Linda, tested positive on Dec. 30.

Kosy’s Harmon, FCA’s Johnson compete in Bernard Blackwell All-Star Game | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi A sequence in the final three minutes of the third quarter was the key to the South’s 16-10 victory at the Bernard Blackwell All-Star Game last Saturday at Brandon High School.

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Thank you for liking my page. If you are a reader and you haven't read my book "Nuthin' New", it is available on amazon.com. Although "Nuthin New" is a novel, many truths are embedded within its pages. My grandfather was part of the digging of the Little River Drainage project that transformed Southeast Missouri into farm land, circa 1907/1928. My mom was born during this time. To add insult to injury, the depression hit. I was born in 1937.

JEWETTE bATTLES

In the year 2000, I penned my first effort as a novelist, entitled, The Blue Hen’s Chicken, which has been out of print for some time.
Along the way, I decided to contact one of the masters at editing, Bill Thompson, who in his day discovered John Grisham and Steven King.
Amazingly, Bill took me as a client. Henceforth, I spent almost two years working with Bill, a most delightful man.
My rewrite, retitled, Nuthin’ New is also a fictional account of a place dubbed, Happy Holler in the Bootheel of Southeast Missouri, where I was born.
Jewette Thomas Battles
Names, characters, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or persons living or dead is coincidental. Available at amazon.com
You may contact me at [email protected]

A big thank you to all who have viewed my page and commented on my book. Nuthin' New. God Bless. It is available on amazon.com

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Hello, my name is Jewette Thomas Battles. I am the author of a novel written about the aftermath of the draining of the great swamp dubbed Swampeast Missouri that once covered the bootheel of Missouri and Arkansas.
"Nuthin' New is a novel, although there are many truths embedded in my story. I know, because I lived the life of the aftermath, the same as my characters. Thank you.
jtb. Nuthin' New is available on amazon.com

INTRODUCTION
The Little River Drainage Project -- Circa 1909/1928.
The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 12 created a 2 million-acre swamp, frequently called The Great Swamp, Swampeast Missouri, or The Missouri Glades. This vast marshland stretched for over a hundred miles across the southeast portion of the state, known as the Missouri Bootheel.
During the 19th century, the Missouri Glades, the most extensive collection of wetlands in America, was virtually uninhabited by man and of no use to the government. At the dawn of the 20th century, a group of wealthy visionaries thought differently. As a result, in 1907, The Little River Drainage Project was created.
By 1928, the project had dug nearly 1,000 miles of ditches, built over 300 miles of levees, and drained 1.2 million acres of swamp. This massive effort moved more soil than did the digging of the Panama Canal.
At the completion, The Little River Drainage Project was the most significant drainage undertaking in the history of the world. This venture is still the most extensive transformation ever to take place in the United States. Those involved in the draining of the vast swamps took advantage of their position by buying up the newly developed flat, and fertile farmland. Those living along Little River, whose livelihood depended on the wetlands, were soon reduced to performing the labor-intensive work of harvesting “king” cotton.

FORWARD
In the year 2000, I wrote my first book entitled The Blue Hen’s Chicken. Some fifteen years later, for several reasons, including hiring the legendary Bill Thomason, who discovered John Grisham and Steven King, to evaluate my work. On Bill’s advice, I decided to do a rewrite of The Blue Hen’s Chicken, re-entitled Nuthin’ New.
The second edition is also a novel. However, many of the hardships suffered by the Melton family as well as others, during and after the draining of the Great Swamp, dubbed Swampeast Missouri, are factual.
As if times weren’t bad enough, a severe worldwide economic depression beginning in 1929, only added to their misery. Nuthin' New is now available on Amazon.com
JTB

Just finished your book and it's sooo good. Now you just hurry up and finish the sequel. I can't wait to read it. Mary Blailock Moore. Thank you, Mary

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Born and raised in Southeast Missouri, Jewette writes of the struggles that her family as well as others suffered after the draining of the Great Swamp covering the Missouri Bootheel as well as parts of Arkansas.

Welcome to my page.