The Beginning
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.51 (531 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1561644501 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 324 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Great Book" according to Barb Mains. All of his books are great , this was exceptional.. "Begin Again" according to A Customer. Joseph Campbell once said that what makes great literature is the timeless message in its theme. Patrick Smith is a classic writer when it comes to mastering the art of story telling. The universality of his small southern town's struggle to find a common ground with the challenges the Civil Rights movement in the 1960's resonates as much today as we enter the new millenium as it did when he wrote it. Not everyone is going to like what the story has to say about our home of the free and the brave. Ike Thorton is a man with the tenacity and sommon sense to recognize that what once was considered . "One of the best books I've ever read on the early Civil Rights" according to kay. One of the best books I've ever read on the early Civil Rights Movement. It portrayed a small Southern town with mostly very good people who were willing to let things progress as they should. However, the extremists (on mostly the White side) were determined to make it difficult. Justice prevailed. Characters were very well defined & it was refreshing to read a book about this subject which was realistic & not sensationalist.
Patrick Smith has penned an outstanding novel." . "The realistic, true Mississippi comes to life within the pages of this book
The judges felt that “Patrick Smith’s books have been hugely significant to the citizens of Florida and that A Land Remembered is an iconic Florida book that has resonated with generations of Floridians in helping people understand the history of this remarkable state.” . In 1999 he was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame, which is the highest cultural honor bestowed by the
Then the outside world arrives in the form of two young white Civil Rights workers determined to start a “freedom school.” The resulting violence and bloodshed carry the story to a climax not unlike the 1960s’ newspaper headlines.. He offered an inside perspective on its effect on the people, both black and white, caught in the upheaval of the changing South. Sheriff Thornton has his own ideas of what should be done to improve race relations: rehabilitation of “the quarters” with indoor bathrooms, new roofs and paint, and paved streets. A reasonably friendly atmosphere prevails in this segregated society. Patrick D. Now a new generation of readers can reassess the times and the decisions of those who lived through them.Midvale is an imaginary small town in southern Mississippi in the 1960s. But his plan triggers violence between those who would keep the old ways and those willing to make a beginning toward the new. Then Washington begins passing new laws, and a current of unrest ripples through town as a few blacks, for the first time, register to vote. Life moves at a pace set by its long, hot summers and dirt-poor economy. The African-Americans know their place and pretty much keep to it in “the quarters,&