Tammy Tell Me True

From the Mississippi River swamps, uneducated Tammy Tyree has been living in the Brent mansion ever since she and Peter Brent professed their love for each other. Every day since he went away to agricultural college, she has awaited a letter or postcard from him, and every day she has walked away empty handed. In wanting to be ready for Pete by the time he returns, Tammy decides too that she should go to college, specifically Seminola College which takes in a few special students for one or two classes. So she heads home to her houseboat, the Ellen B (named after her deceased grandmother), and has it towed upriver to the vicinity of the college, the Ellen B where she plans to live again. Tammy finds she is a fish out of water among the educated student body at the college, but much like she did with Pete and the upper crust Brents, she makes quite an impression on some of those she meets at Seminola: Buford Woodly, an artist trying to rediscover his artistic vision which he has lost, Miss Jenks, the Dean of Women, who helps Tammy with her placements at the college, but Tammy who in turn helps in dealing with her inherent sadness, and Tom Freeman, the Public Speaking professor, who, enchanted by Tammy's bayou speech patterns, may make Tammy examine her relationship with Pete. But who Tammy may have the most profound effect on is wealthy and elderly Annie Rook Call, a benefactress of the college. Ornery Mrs. Call has rejected every girl Miss Jenks has sent to be her companion, but Mrs. Call finds something inherent in Tammy that no other girl has, something that will help her escape from the control wielded by her New Orleans residing niece, Suzanne Rook, who Mrs. Call fears wants to have power of attorney solely to ensure she gets what she considers her rightful share of the inheritance.