Carol Taylor, the chairman of the Hunt County Historical Commission, says she's trying her hand at historical fiction. She has studied the mysterious murder of a teenage Paris girl more than 100 years ago. It's a case that still has many loose ends, and so she is writing a fictional version of the story, based on the facts that are known about the case and about life in Northeast Texas in those days.
Experimenting With Historical Fiction
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Hunt County Historical Commission