French, Albert

When Jeremiah Henderson and his girlfriend head for New York with high hopes for a better life, they never imagined they would become involved in a get-rich-quick scheme that forces them to flee the city, leaving behind a trail of violence.

Provides an exploration into the mind and soul of an African-American soldier, looking at his experiences in Vietnam surrounded by death and violence, and of his efforts to find a place in white society upon his return.

Two young people attempt to break through the despair of back-alley life in post-war Pittsburgh and make their dreams come true in New York City.

Nineteen-year-old poor white girl, Holly R. Hill, lives with her family in Supply, North Carolina, in 1944. Spending her days worrying about her clothes, her family and her best friend life changes when the safe world she knows is hit by the effects of World War II.

Set in the 1930s in a small Mississippi town the story is about racism and about a ten-year-old boy who is convicted of and executed for murdering a white girl.

Set in the 1930s in a small Mississippi town the story is about racism and about a ten-year-old boy who is convicted of and executed for murdering a white girl.