Donnell Alexander chronicles the experiences he had growing up in Sandusky, Ohio, as the son of a man who took on a thousand identities but skimped on fatherhood.
A collection of nine essays examining the issue of fatherless families in America, with discussion of race, poverty, divorce, and other related topics.
Civil war nurse Mercy Lynch, informed that her estranged father is dying in Seattle and wants to see her, leaves Virginia and heads to St. Louis where she boards the Union-operated steam engine "Dreadnought" for what turns out to be a harrowing journey she fears she will not survive.
Jim Doolen searches the deserts of Arizona and Mexico in search of his father, and along the way finds disturbing links to his father's violent past and wonders if he is making the right choice.
