Hurricane Creek When Lil Jim moved back to Memphis the children stopped coming by to play While he blamed his isolation on religion everyone else knew it had everything to do with money politics and race This thi
When Lil Jim moved back to Memphis, the children stopped coming by to play While he blamed his isolation on religion, everyone else knew it had everything to do with money, politics, and race.This third book in the critically acclaimed ten part Your Winding Daybreak Ways series begins where author Gary Bargatze s second novel, Happy Hollow, leaves off Lil Jim is livingWhen Lil Jim moved back to Memphis, the children stopped coming by to play While he blamed his isolation on religion, everyone else knew it had everything to do with money, politics, and race.This third book in the critically acclaimed ten part Your Winding Daybreak Ways series begins where author Gary Bargatze s second novel, Happy Hollow, leaves off Lil Jim is living with his Uncle Aaron and attending a segregated grammar school The principal is a true visionary, instilling life skills in his African American students teaching them to envision a brighter future.Hurricane Creek depicts the rise of a biracial orphan from the Memphis rail yards to the doorstep of the governor s mansion in Nashville The novel follows the young boy s transformation from Lil Jim to Hurricane Jim from hobo to West Point cadet from military officer to entrepreneur and from wealthy businessman to skilled politician.
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Gary Bargatze
Gary Bargatze is the author of the novels, Warfield, Happy Hollow, Hurricane Creek, Hollow Rock, McGill, Cabedelo, and Thunderwood, the first seven works in the critically acclaimed ten part fictional series, Your Winding Daybreak Ways, comprised of a prologue, epilogue, seven novels and a novella Mr Bargatze divides his time between Williamsburg, Virginia, and the Berkshires of Massachusetts.