An Amazing Story Of A Boy Overcoming Life's Struggles Against All Odds
A young boy living in rural southern Arkansas during America's Great Depression is forced from his home into a life of survival. Afraid and alone, Drew knows he can trust only the Black community that has surrounded him all his life. At age 10 the boy reaches the shattering conclusion that his childhood is over.
It is the beginning of a remarkable and dangerous journey.
Drew's chilling and astonishing adventures as he witnesses a KKK attack, faces liars, gamblers, bootleggers and thieves paint a compelling mosaic of life in the rural American South of the 1930s. The follow-on turbulent and violent years of World War II complete a narrative that the reader will find uplifting as he finds himself cheering for Drew's successes while caring about his disappointments.
Despite exposure to a number of corrupt personalities, Drew never abandons the faith taught him by evangelical Negro ministers. He utilizes these core beliefs as a bulwark against despair and a source of strength as he suffers hunger, loneliness, and extreme poverty.
