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Montgomery, Alabama, December 1945. War hero Nat Weary has returned to his hometown, eager to rebuild his life. His childhood friend, the famous Nat King Cole, is also home for a rare performance. During the concert, Weary plans to propose to his sweetheart, and Cole will serenade them with a song.
But Weary's dreams for the future are destroyed when a white man, armed with a pipe, rushes the stage. Leaping from the audience, the former soldier stops the assailant--an act of bravery that leads to ten years of hard labor in prison.
Free at last a decade later, Weary heads to Los Angeles to work for his old friend. It is the promise of a new life removed from the violence and degradation of Jim Crow Alabama. But he discovers that even in the City of Angels, wealth, popularity, and talent cannot protect a black man from discrimination and hate.
Drawn back to Montgomery to lay some unfinished business to rest, Cole and Weary discover a city in the midst of change. A woman named Rosa Parks has inspired blacks to boycott the city's buses--a daring fight for dignity and rights that will eventually grip the entire nation.
"A moving tale about bigotry and the power of friendship." --People
"Heartbreaking. . . . A bold reimagining of [the] civil rights era." --Los Angeles Times
Details
- Title Driving the King
- Author Ravi Howard
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition 1st Edition
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper, U.S.A.
- Date 2015-01
- ISBN 9780060529611 / 006052961X
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.75 x 1.13 in (21.59 x 14.61 x 2.87 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects United States - Race relations, Chauffeurs
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014015054
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Citations
- Booklist, 11/01/2014, Page 31
- BookPage, 01/01/2015, Page 0
- Kirkus Reviews, 01/01/2015, Page 0
- Library Journal, 08/01/2014, Page 0
- Library Journal Prepub Alert, 08/01/2014, Page 60
- People Weekly, 01/12/2015, Page 32
- Publishers Weekly, 11/10/2014, Page 0
- Shelf Awareness, 01/06/2015, Page 0
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