Nevada Barr is an American author of mystery fiction. She is known for her Anna Pigeon series, which is primarily set in a series of national parks and other protected areas of the United States.
Signing books at the 2006 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Madison, Wisconsin
The Natchez Trace Parkway is a limited-access national parkway in the Southeastern United States that commemorates the historic Natchez Trace and preserves sections of that original trail. Its central
Nevada Barr
…environmental movement, she began working as a seasonal park ranger in the summer at several National Parks. Her first permanent park ranger job was on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi. Barr began writing in earnest in 1978, when she was 26. Her first book, a historical romance titled Bittersweet, was published in 1984…
Old Natchez Trace sign southwest of Mathiston, Mississippi
Entrance sign to the parkway near Natchez, Mississippi
The Natchez Trace Parkway seen from Twentymile Bottom Overlook, milepost 278.4, about 20 miles northeast of Tupelo
Captain John Gordon's house sits on the site where the Natchez Trace crosses the Duck River. Originally, a ferry operated by Gordon and Chickasaw Chief William Colbert was located here. Gordon and his wife built this Federal-style plantation home, which is one of the oldest structures along the trace.