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In 2002, Tanya Brasher Alexander, who resides near Shreveport, wrote a  biographical poem of Hudson-Pierce's life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sarahhudsonpierce.net/its-me-sarah.html|title=Sarah Hudson-Pierce|publisher=sarahhudsonpierce.net|accessdate=February 4, 2011}}</ref>
 
In 2002, Tanya Brasher Alexander, who resides near Shreveport, wrote a  biographical poem of Hudson-Pierce's life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sarahhudsonpierce.net/its-me-sarah.html|title=Sarah Hudson-Pierce|publisher=sarahhudsonpierce.net|accessdate=February 4, 2011}}</ref>
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Successful Ritz books have included: ''Stone Justice'' (2001) by Debi King McMartin and Lyn Morgan, which details the tragic life of Toni Jo Henry of Shreveport, who on November 28, 1942, became the only woman ever to have been executed in Louisiana's [[electric chair]]. Henry's story has been compared to that of Karla Faye Tucker in [[Texas]], executed in 1998. The motion picture ''The Pardon'', filmed in Shreveport, is adapted from ''Stone Justice''.<ref>Alexandyr Kent, "'The Pardon', a locally produced feature, begins shooting May 15", ''The Shreveport Times'', April 28, 2007.</ref>  
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Successful Ritz books have included: ''Stone Justice'' (2001) by Debi King McMartin and Lyn Morgan, which details the tragic life of [[Toni Jo Henry]] of Shreveport, who on November 28, 1942, became the only woman ever to have been executed in Louisiana's [[electric chair]]. Henry's story has been compared to that of [[Karla Faye Tucker]] in [[Texas]], executed in 1998. The motion picture ''The Pardon'', filmed in Shreveport, is adapted from ''Stone Justice''.<ref>Alexandyr Kent, "'The Pardon', a locally produced feature, begins shooting May 15", ''The Shreveport Times'', April 28, 2007</ref>  
      
Still another Ritz publication, ''Will Somebody Call the Coroner?'', is an [[autobiography]] of Caddo Parish Coroner Dr. Willis P. Butler (1888–1963), with the preface by the late Shreveport historian [[Eric John Brock]].<ref>[[Eric John Brock]], Shreveport historian, ''The Forum'' magazine, November 10, 2004</ref><ref>Eric J. Brock obituary, ''Shreveport Times'', December 3, 2011</ref> Ritz Publications also offers Sarah Dorsey's ''Recollections of Henry Watkins Allen'', an updated 2004 study of Louisiana's [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] governor. Dorsey owned the Biloxi estate, Beauvoir, and was a benefactor of Confederate President [[Jefferson Davis]], who lived for a time rent-free at Beauvoir.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beauvoir.org/complete.html#sdorsey|title=Beauvoir|publisher=beauvoir.org|accessdate=February 4, 2011}}</ref>
 
Still another Ritz publication, ''Will Somebody Call the Coroner?'', is an [[autobiography]] of Caddo Parish Coroner Dr. Willis P. Butler (1888–1963), with the preface by the late Shreveport historian [[Eric John Brock]].<ref>[[Eric John Brock]], Shreveport historian, ''The Forum'' magazine, November 10, 2004</ref><ref>Eric J. Brock obituary, ''Shreveport Times'', December 3, 2011</ref> Ritz Publications also offers Sarah Dorsey's ''Recollections of Henry Watkins Allen'', an updated 2004 study of Louisiana's [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] governor. Dorsey owned the Biloxi estate, Beauvoir, and was a benefactor of Confederate President [[Jefferson Davis]], who lived for a time rent-free at Beauvoir.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beauvoir.org/complete.html#sdorsey|title=Beauvoir|publisher=beauvoir.org|accessdate=February 4, 2011}}</ref>
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