Ward Allen: Savannah River Market Hunter

By Jack Cay and John Cay

Two colorful characters and their unlikely friendship in early 20th century Savannah, Georgia:  Ward Allen, a romantic and bombastic character who rejects his plantation heritage for the freedom of life on a river, and his long-time friend, a freed slave named Christmas Moultrie, fight for their rights as market hunters.   Jack Cay grew up listening to stories about gun toting, Shakespeare quoting Allen from an elderly Christmas Moultrie.  Jack collected them in a book and his son, John Cay, made the book into a movie.  The reprinted book includes movie stills of actors Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Shepard and Hal Holbrook.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
• Release date: Feb 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9780991452514

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[rainpebble_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Ward Allen: Savannah River Market Hunter by Jack Cay; (3 1/2*)Ward Allen is a very interesting character. He is an eccentric, living life his way. From Savannah, Georgia, he was born before the beginning of the Civil War and raised on a plantation. Allen's family was wealthy and he wanted for nothing. His best buddy (for his entire life was born a slave. Ward Allen attended college, finishing his studies at Edinburg University with a law degree.But instead of returning home to be a lawyer he became a professional duck hunter, living on a houseboat on the Savannah River. He and Moultrie, his best buddy & fellow hunter, often operated outside the law and Allen at times would have to defend them in court.This is a very short memoir and I would like to have learned more about this man whom I found to be a fascinating character.