An Old-Fashioned Family Saga Featuring the Sweep of American Society Over Two Centuries
Thomas never saw the world in shades of blue and gray. But with the Civil War approaching, he and his family must adapt to the new world around them if they are to survive.
Storytelling and historical fact come together in this powerful start to the ambitious ten-part series, Your Winding Daybreak Ways. With a brief prologue and the coming-of-age novel, Warfield, author Gary Bargatze launches an epic saga, one that weaves history, science, literature, the...
An Old-Fashioned Family Saga Featuring the Sweep of American Society Over Two Centuries
"We pierced the thick, black veil of the fever fires and entered hell."
As the guns fell silent at Appomattox the gods were already shaping the next battlefield. No one living in Memphis realized the target would be narrowed this time to just eight square miles overlooking the Mississippi River.
This second book in the ten-part Your Winding Daybreak Ways series begins where author Gary Bargatze's debut novel, Warfield, leaves off. Thomas has survived the Civil War and the gods' war on his family; he has been graduated from the...
"We pierced the thick, black veil of the fever fires and entered hell."
When Lil' Jim moved back to Memphis, the children stopped coming by to play. While he blamed his isolation on religion, everyone else knew it had everything to do with money, politics, and race.
This third book in the ten-part Your Winding Daybreak Ways series begins where author Gary Bargatze's second novel, Happy Hollow, leaves off. Lil' Jim is living with his Uncle Aaron and attending a segregated grammar school. The principal is a true visionary, instilling "life skills" in his African-American students--teaching them to envision a brighter future.
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When Lil' Jim moved back to Memphis, the children stopped coming by to play. While he blamed his isolation on religion, everyone else knew it had e...
