Echoes Of The Fatal Shots Fired In Dallas On November 22 1963 Reverberate In This Collection Of Seven Stories Set In Louisiana During The Civil Rights Era. For A Varied Cast Of Characters--The Artist In The Title Story Who Tells The Tale Of His Sojourn At Lsu During Kennedy'S Brief And Shining Moment Through A Retrospective Of His Paintings; The Schoolteacher Soon To Be Married Grieving With Her Mother Over The Shattered Dream Of A Charmed And Happy First Family'S Life; The Disabled Man Witnessing The Killing Of Oswald On The Tv Screen With A Growing Premonition Of The Coming Darkness In The World; The Lawyer Son Of A Southern-Born Mother And A Yankee Father Reliving The Loss Of His Beloved Wife In Mourning The Nation'S Loss; The African-American Wife Of A Preacher Praying To The Ghost Of Her Dead Mother For Solace; The Woman Who In Moving Her Family Away Feels The Place Reach Out And Pull Them Back; The Young Couple Transplanted From The Midwest Entranced By The Fairy-Tale Beauty And Amusements Of Their New Life Who Become Caught Up In The Social Upheaval Of The Times--The Violent Death Of Our Youngest President Is A Crucible For The Dawning Of Historical Consciousness In The Wake Of The Nation'S Loss Of Innocence. An Afterword Traces The Genesis And The Thirty-Three-Year Journey To The Publication Of This Book Of Stories.
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