Jerome Stanley

Footsteps (eBook, ePUB)

Journey from Hate to Love

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A story lies behind the escape to freedom of two African American slaves in 1862,revealing how they can still leave their legacy even in a hate-driven era. Onehundred years later, John Rutherford, a typical white American college student,comes of age dealing with the big questions in life. He faces, for the first time,the tense issue of race in America as well as the growing reality of the gaymovement. Recognizing the need to make a positive impact, one of his college friendsdecides to join the Freedom Summer project registering black voters in Mississippi.But tragedy ensues. For John and the rest of America, it is a dark period inhistory, including the assassination of President Kennedy, increasing racialconflict, and America''s military involvement in Southeast Asia. Eventually trying tosucceed as a novelist, John gains support from Amanda, an African American woman inNew York who becomes his literary agent. With shared interests and a desire to shapethe world through powerful writing, he quickly falls in love with her, only to bedrafted in the Vietnam War. Footsteps explores how the social movement from hate tolove, or from slavery to freedom, is a slow, arduous process. It takes commitmentfrom individuals who care about people and want to work toward an enlightenedsociety. This novel will lead readers hopeful of reaching that new day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: BookBaby
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781737803829
• Artikelnr.: 70882946