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In the 1950s, in the Mississippi River town of Helena, Arkansas, young children unearthed an old coffin on their playground with a perfectly embalmed lady inside. The coffin was hermetically sealed with a glass cover, revealing the woman's face. The children had no idea their playground had been a cemetery 150 years earlier. They knew that the Civil War Battle of Helena had taken place almost 100 years earlier but did not know that the grave markers were destroyed, leaving unidentified bodies behind. The author describes the birth of this Delta town and details his years-long search for the lady's identity. Carrying this childhood memory for most of his life, now in his eighties, he has decided to tell his story. Looking back on his early years of seeing his first dead body, he has set out to reveal the identity of the person unearthed and unknown, buried on his playground.

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While researching this book, Steve Petkoff has reunited with old friends, allowing him to make many new ones and look back on the long-forgotten events while reminiscing about the good old days. He is currently retired and enjoys the company of his wife and two cats. He is also the author of Holly Street, a book about growing up in the Arkansas Delta town of Helena, Arkansas, in the 1940s and 50s.

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