A tale told from beyond the grave by Kevin Lumpkin, the youngest of a set of identical twins, Tupelo is the story of a small town in an era of reluctant change. as seen through the eyes of a white boy born to privilege who comes of age in the time of Freedom Riders, lunch counter sit-ins, civil rights marches and demonstrations. Born in 1943 on the night when their father's hardware store burns to the ground, Kevin and his brother grow up in idyllic times, the boom years of the 1950s-football, fast cars, rock and roll, and dates with the cutest girls in school. But gradually he discovers that...
A tale told from beyond the grave by Kevin Lumpkin, the youngest of a set of identical twins, Tupelo is the story of a small town in an era of relucta...