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 | GONE DEAD TRAIN | wheels71 | Novel | Thrillers | 2 | n/a | Aug 16, 2008 |
Summary:"Those who deny such history are doomed to repeat it...." A drama set in 1920's South Carolina over the course of thirty hours--GONE DEAD TRAIN is the story of a poor sharecropper Mose Kettering, his wife Anna Mae, and their seven children. When Mose, along with his wife, commence to rise at the crack of dawn to go about their daily chores of working the land of plantation owner Sam Payton and caring for their youngsters, little does the couple know what terrible fate lies in store for them and their young family.
Just hours later, when Mose's nine-year-old son Hank heads for the town of Cartersville to carry-out an errand for his father, he is confronted and abused by, none other than, Ross Maddox self-appointed head of the area's White Citizen's Posse. Soon afterwards, Maddox pays Mose a visit and threatens the Kettering youngster with "Jim Crow" style punishment. Being the loving, protective father that he is, Mose refuses to bow down to any thug posing a danger to members of his family. An argument ensues.
Accusing Mose of commiting the worst possibly insult to a "southern white man"--Maddox tells Kettering that he and his kinfolk are living their last breathing hours. Yet, Mose Kettering stands defiant. He'll defend his family until his heart's final palpatation. However, there is one white man in all of Aiken County who'll come to Mose's rescue. Clay Payton, son of Sam Payton, confronts a Cartersville lynch mob baying for Mose's blood--but will it be enough to save Mose and his young family from the torch of racial hatred?
Though the overall subject matter is not a happy story, Gone Dead Train is a tale full of human warmth and love--a realistic depiction of life in the Deep South United States of the 1920's and the reviews it has received have been top-notch! For the dialogue of this story I use a light version of the period's dialect from this region of the U.S. for authenticity's sake. Please feel free to criticise this tale as you see fit, I only ask that, in the end, you analyse and comment from a writer's perspective with respect and dignity. Chapters: |
