Children Bob Moses Led - by William Heath (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Winner of the Hackney Literary Award and selected in 2002 by <em>Time</em> as one of the eleven best novels on the African American experience, <em>The Children Bob Moses Led</em> is a compelling, powerful chronicle of the events of Freedom Summer. The novel is narrated in alternating sections by Tom Morton, a white college student who joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee for the summer, and Bob Moses, the charismatic leader of the Mississippi Summer Project. With clarity and honesty, Heath's novel recalls the bittersweet spirit of the 1960s and conveys the hopeful idealism of the young students as they begin to understand both the harsh reality faced by those they try to help and the enormity of the oppression they must overcome.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>During "Freedom Summer" 1964, white college students from the North traveled to Mississippi to help with voter registration, living with black families and taking orders from battle-tested "field secretaries" of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Their story - one of personal conflict, confrontational politics, communal living, interracial sex, and idealism put to the test of violent opposition - changed America forever. The Children Bob Moses Led blends fiction and fact to recreate the year between the "I-have-a-dream-we-shall-overcome" optimism of the March on Washington and the debacle of the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. The alternating voices of Bob Moses, the charismatic and enigmatic leader of the Mississippi Summer Project, and Tom Morton, a fictional white college student who has volunteered to teach in a Freedom School and to help register black voters, shape this vibrant novel and give insight into the private lives and public events that brought blacks and whites together and turned idealism into reality.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><em>The Children Bob Moses Led</em> is an important and timely book, one that is being published at an extremely pivotal period in our national history. The reader will experience the raw courage, the personal discipline, and the reliance on transcendent values, whether philosophical or religious, that were at the basis of this historic period of transformation in Mississippi. -- <b>James M. McPherson</b>, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <em>Battle Cry of Freedom</em><br><br><em>The Children Bob Moses Led</em> lives and breathes. Heath's book is important history, but it is also art. -- <b>Toby Olson</b>, author of <em>Seaview</em> and <em>Utah</em><br><br>An emotional journey through a part of our history that will leave the reader shaken but enriched. -- <b>Dorothy Cotton</b>, Southern Christian Leadership Conference<br><br>Bob Moses was the kind of leader we sadly miss today, one of quiet, yet enormous moral strength: a genuine inspiration to the sometimes confused idealism of the young volunteers in the midst of a violent and passionate struggle. Perhaps now more than ever we need to remember the summer of 1964. This novel is wonderfully instructive, it has a great deal of moral energy, and it tells an important story sensitively, carefully, thoughtfully. -- <b>Robert Coles</b>, author of <em>Farewell to the South</em><br><br>Engaging and suspenseful, this is contemporary fiction at its best ... Readers too young to remember Freedom Summer will find Bob Moses an enigmatic, admirable hero. -- <b>Laura Dempsey</b>, <em>Dayton Daily News</em><br><br>Good historical fiction tells a story while staying true to the facts. The best historical fiction does that while offering an analysis that is both subtle and true to the situation. William Heath manages to achieve all of this and more in his novel <em>The Children Bob Moses Led: A Novel of Freedom Summer</em>, a gripping novel for all age groups, from young adults to mature readers who may remember the summer of 1964. It is ideal for classroom use in both English and history classes, and the publisher has provided an online study guide to facilitate classroom use. -- <b><em>American Book Review</em></b><br><br>Heath has created a novel that holds true to the actual heroic events of Freedom Summer. <em>The Children Bob Moses Led</em> is an illuminating account of a period from our history that is too little known and too little understood. -- <b>Claybourne Carson</b>, editor of the papers of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and author of <em>In Struggle: SNCC and the Black Awakening of the 1960s</em><br><br>Heath presents an illuminating portrait of the time, fascinating for the smaller events he uncovers, chronicling the bravery of those who didn't capture the national spotlight. An absorbing look at one of America's darkest and most courageous moments. -- <b><em>Kirkus Reviews</em></b><br><br>The blend of fact and fiction is so brilliantly written, the reader is completely absorbed in the unfolding drama . . . . In a masterful manner, William Heath brings alive a disturbing piece of our history. -- <b>Martha Smith</b>, Small Press<br><br>The large cast of characters gives voice to the complexity of the era's issues, and Heath's clear chronicle of this poignant moment in our nation's recent past is often compelling. -- <b><em>Publishers Weekly</em></b><br>
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