The storyline of "Trestles Over Darkness" will stir every emotion within you, causing you to love some characters and to detest others. The setting is a small town in Louisiana following World War II, and the protagonist is a 12-year-old boy named JohnnyTobin who walks to a much different drumbeat than everyone else in the community. When a black family is murdered and few others seem to care, Johnny solicits the help of a reluctant Ben Jim Cade, an elderly black man and good friend, to help him flush out the killer. They ...
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The storyline of "Trestles Over Darkness" will stir every emotion within you, causing you to love some characters and to detest others. The setting is a small town in Louisiana following World War II, and the protagonist is a 12-year-old boy named JohnnyTobin who walks to a much different drumbeat than everyone else in the community. When a black family is murdered and few others seem to care, Johnny solicits the help of a reluctant Ben Jim Cade, an elderly black man and good friend, to help him flush out the killer. They follow one false trail after another, as will readers, who will be kept guessing about the killer's identity until the novel's conclusion. Even though characters in the book are flawed and may come across as caricatures, they are as real as people in the late '40s in postwar Louisiana and in the South in general.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. BV6-A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on front free endpaper in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Book lightly bowed, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. If you like Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, you'll like Johnny Tobin. And you will be mesmerized by the strange and powerful conclusion of Trestles Over Darkness. 9.5"x6.5", 311 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book appears unread. No obvious wear to dj or boards. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. Binding is tight.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. B6-A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on front free endpaper in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has label and label residue on the front, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. If you like Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, you'll like Johnny Tobin. And you will be mesmerized by the strange and powerful conclusion of Trestles Over Darkness. 9.5"x6.5", 311 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Inscribed By Author Non-price clipped dj has trace of wear. Boards show no wear. Brief inscription and author signature on fep. Pages are clean & text is free from markings. All pages secure in binding.
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