Chita (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Memory of Last Island

This 1889 novel tells the story of a Creole girl who survives an extreme Louisiana hurricane.  Rescued by a fisherman and his wife, the girl remembers only her name:  Chita. The couple raises her as their own child.  Meanwhile, Chita's true father believes his daughter is dead.  Years later, the two meet again . . . but under devastating circumstances.