Trouble Down South and Other Stories--A Short Story Collection -- Also read Mo' Trouble Down South
Fiction & Literature, Anthologies, Historical
| Author: | Katrina Parker Williams | ISBN: | 1230000105780 |
| Publisher: | StepArt Designs | Publication: | February 11, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Katrina Parker Williams |
| ISBN: | 1230000105780 |
| Publisher: | StepArt Designs |
| Publication: | February 11, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Enslavement, murder, abuse, illness: there’s real trouble for the characters in Trouble Down South and Other Stories. The short stories take the reader on a journey to the past through a collection of interestingly crafted pieces of flawed humanness, social injustice, and redemption, and even humor.
The short story collection of historical fiction chronicles events spanning more than 150 years and addresses a wide range of experiences from African-American perspectives. The stories are set in the South amid a changing landscape in which the characters are forced to wrestle with the social issues surrounding Native Americans, slavery, racism, Prohibition, the Korean War, Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, health, religion, mental illness, and education.
Enslavement, murder, abuse, illness: there’s real trouble for the characters in Trouble Down South and Other Stories. The short stories take the reader on a journey to the past through a collection of interestingly crafted pieces of flawed humanness, social injustice, and redemption, and even humor.
The short story collection of historical fiction chronicles events spanning more than 150 years and addresses a wide range of experiences from African-American perspectives. The stories are set in the South amid a changing landscape in which the characters are forced to wrestle with the social issues surrounding Native Americans, slavery, racism, Prohibition, the Korean War, Civil Rights, the Vietnam War, health, religion, mental illness, and education.
