His career derailed by the Great Recession, Romulus is lucky to land a community-college teaching job. There he meets young, African-American, Bobby Lewson. Hoping to inspire his student, Rom introduces Bobby to the true story of Robert Smalls, the South Carolina slave who stole a Confederate warship, became a Union Civil War captain, fought his way to Congress, and became the reputed King of Beaufort County, South Carolina. But when Bobby Lewson takes Rom's troubled niece as his lover, Rom's historical novel about Robert Smalls veers out to sea. Rom finds himself exploring America's...
His career derailed by the Great Recession, Romulus is lucky to land a community-college teaching job. There he meets young, African-American, Bobb...
This collection of outrageous tales follows a worldwide cast of characters who get themselves into unlikely- and unforgettable- troubles. You'll never imagine the traps these people spring for themselves- and the ways they escape them.
Based on Boccacio's Decameron- set in the 1970's and 80's- these stories explore a world before the Internet, before cell phones, before GPS- an epoch when people made real money without working at hedge funds.
These stories themselves are timeless. If you pay attention and let yourself imagine, you may realize you've heard them...
This collection of outrageous tales follows a worldwide cast of characters who get themselves into unlikely- and unforgettable- troubles. You'll ne...
