Books with author Snow Charles H. (Charles Henry)

In 1921, African Americans were met with deadly violence and were forced to leave their homes during the Tulsa, Oklahoma massacre. Maddox Dublin; the only African-American brave soul who decided to stay. He vowed to return to the only place he knew to raise his son and continue his family's legacy. 19 years later, Mr. Dublin has befriended the same people who caused the massacre. Living with forgiveness in his heart, Mr. Dublin has been called a traitor by his own kind and even his own son. Maddox Dublin tries to cope with the past and move forward. What will he do when the massacre starts again?

In 1921, African Americans were met with deadly violence and were forced to leave their homes during the Tulsa, Oklahoma massacre. Maddox Dublin; the only African-American brave soul who decided to stay. He vowed to return to the only place he knew to raise his son and continue his family's legacy. 19 years later, Mr. Dublin has befriended the same people who caused the massacre. Living with forgiveness in his heart, Mr. Dublin has been called a traitor by his own kind and even his own son. Maddox Dublin tries to cope with the past and move forward. What will he do when the massacre starts again?

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

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Two high school students investigate an unusually healthy plant ecosystem in an old gravel pit. The girl is an environmentalist, while the boy is a running jock. Their science class has a project restoring a part of the pit to a native ecosystem, but they individually are drawn to another part of the pit where a lone hemlock grows. Eventually working together, their findings lead them to shed light on a 45-year-old mystery.