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Product Identifiers

PublisherHolly Acres Publishing Company

ISBN-10069209315X

ISBN-139780692093153

eBay Product ID (ePID)27038832557

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleCotton Mathis : Journey to Memphis

Number of Pages234 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicGeneral, Historical

Publication Year2018

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorCecilia Clanton

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight176.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2017-918874

Grade FromEighth Grade

Volume Numberno. 2

Grade ToUP

SynopsisCotton Mathis is a young man alone in the world. Devastated after the loss of his mother, the young farmhand must deal with the death of his brother in Vietman and his alcholic father's suicide. Isolated and angry, Cotton wrestles his demons, including the suspicion his brother--lauded as a war hero--might actually have been a coward. With little thought of consequence, Cotton joins the National Guard to avoid serving in Vietnam and is plunged into the midst of the civil rights movement. Sixty miles away the, Martin Luther King, Jr. face off against the Memphis mayor. When Cotton's unit is deployed to Memphis to control rioting he and his friends naively sense only excitment with no understanding for the racial tensions raging across the nation. Once in the city, Cotton encounters a black war hero and the soldier's remarkable. book-loving father-a man who reignties Cotton's long-buried dreams. Yet these new friend harbor secrets about Cotton's family, including the true story of his brother's death. Faced with personal tragedy, betrayal, and overwhelming anger in the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination, Cotton faces a life-changing decison. Will he forgive and move on, or will he allow his family's ghosts to haunt him forever?, Cotton Mathis is a young man alone in the world. Devastated after the loss of his mother, the young farmhand must now deal with the death of his brother in Vietnam and his alcoholic father's suicide. Isolated and angry, Cotton wrestles his demons, including the suspicion his brother-lauded as a war hero-might actually have been a coward.With little thought of consequence, Cotton joins the National Guard to avoid serving in Vietnam and is plunged into the midst of the civil rights movement. Sixty miles away, Martin Luther King Jr. faces off against a Memphis mayor.When Cotton's unit is deployed to Memphis to control rioting he and his friends naively sense only excitement with no understanding for the racial tensions raging across the nation. Once in the city, Cotton encounters a black war hero and the soldier's remarkable, book-loving father-a man who reignites Cotton's long-buried dreams. Yet these new friends harbor secrets about Cotton's family, including the true story of his brother's death.Faced with personal tragedy, betrayal, and overwhelming anger in the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination, Cotton faces a life-changing decision. Will he forgive and move on, or will he allow his family's ghosts to haunt him forever?