Standing At The Scratch Line
A Novel
$38.85
- Paperback
555 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2001
Summary
Raised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi “King” Tremain, caught up in his family’s ongoing feud with the rival DuMont family, learns to fight. But when the teenage King mistakenly kills two white deputies during a botched raid on the DuMonts, the Tremains’ fear of reprisal forces King to flee Louisiana.
King thus embarks on an adventure that first takes him to France, where he fights in World War I as a member of the segregated 369th Battalion—in the bigote…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375756672 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375756671 |
| Author: | Guy Johnson |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Villard |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 555 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2001 |
| Weight: | 472g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Strivers Row |
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Critics Review
“Tremain has the potential to be one of literature’s most versatile heroes.” - Wall St Journal “…a big, good-hearted book, carried along all but effortlessly by the power of the images it has tapped into and by Guy Johnson’s remarkably adroit writing.” - The Washington Post
Guy Johnson
After completing college in Ghana, Guy Johnson managed a bar on Spain’s Costa del Sol, ran a photo-safari service from London through Morocco and Algeria, and worked on oil rigs in Kuwait. Most recently he worked in the local government of Oakland, California, for more than twenty years. He lives in Oakland with his wife and son. He is the son of the author Maya Angelou.
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