Dr. Suess’s 1960 Green Eggs and Ham or his 1990 Oh, the Places You’ll Go, which have found their way to the top of 2018’s bestselling books, despite their age. They both contain such simple messages, but ones that have resonated for almost 60 and 30 years, respectively, are ones that sell books.

Here ye, here ye, Meredith Etc, released the second printing of The Southern Phoenix, an historical fiction novel, via IngramSpark.

Order your copy today! This is a great literary work for general fiction readers as well as for Middle school and college students.

The Southern Phoenix is an historical fiction novel about the Black experience in the Deep South which introduces the sit-ins in Alabama, the 1965 riots in Watts, fair housing issues, and scenes–poignant, joyous, riveting, and sad–portraying what life was really like for the Black population during the decades of the mid-20th century.

Book Review excerpts by Juan Moreno Haines:

This historical novel, published last year, provides readers with a vivid portrayal of the post-World War II racial divide in the American South and how it created the civil rights movement…

A big part of that story was migration. During the middle parts of the 20th century, thousands of Black families moved out of the South in search of a better life. This was called The Great Migration, and the reader experiences it though John David’s eyes as he heads West.

John David describes his culture shock when he moved out of the American South in the late to mid-1950s and landed in Los Angeles with its newly built spiraling freeways: “I had never even heard of a freeway, let alone ridden on one! Just imagine you waking up one morning and taking a ride with the Jetsons?!”

The narrator speaks in crisp Southern dialect. Ordinary historical fiction lovers as well as Middle school and college scholarly readers will enjoy The Southern Phoenix.

2^nd Printing, Hardback edition, IngramSpark- ISBN-13: 978-0-9993226-8-0

344 pages – black & white edition

1^st Printing ISBN-13: 978-0-9993226-1-1 – ISBN-13: 978-1544925745 

For interviews contact Rosemary Jenkins, 818-667-3280, wrfjenkins@aol.com.

Kindle ebook $8.99 https://www.amazon.com/Southern-Phoenix-Rosemary-Jenkins/dp/ 

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Author(s)

• Trest, William, Jr. author.

Title(s)

• The new populist party / by William Trest Jr.

Edition

• First edition.

Publisher

• Jackson, MS : Meredith Etc., [2018]
• ©2018

Description

• v, 108 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

• “The New Populist Party, a novella, by William Trest Jr. introduces a third political party which shakes up modern-day politics in 2020 with the unprecedented election of a gorgeous, intellectual former news reporter turned political consultant named, Susan Crosby Wilson. Her historical presidential bid renders her new and third husband, Charles Wilson, the first man of the first female USA president and popularity around the world. When the story unfolds, Charles Wilson, an ex-convict, has seized enough political will to get the Governor of Mississippi to restore his voting rights and becomes the spokesman of The New Populist Party. Wilson’s fiery rhetoric generates local buzz including the interest of Susan Crosby. He draws strength as a political historian and as a descendant of one of the small Mississippi farmers who founded the Populist Party in the 1890s. Despite his past, Charles is honest and pious, but quite gullible to matters of the heart. Susan Crosby’s character evolves from the victim of both physical and verbal abuse by her first two husbands into an ambitious woman who reinvented herself into a powerful politician. Steve Jackson, a Floridian, who founded The New Populist Party, became Susan Wilson’s running mate. The candidates draw upon the resources of party loyalists and new enthusiasts and capture the hearts of voters. Some characters like Henry Evans and B​etsy Ross – jump off the pages. Readers should relate to the flaws in American politics. In the end, Susan Crosby Wilson’s presidency moves politics to the center”–Amazon.com

Subject(s)

• Women political candidates Fiction
• Women Political activity Fiction
• United States Politics and government Fiction

Genre/Format

• Fiction

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The New Populist Party by William Trest Jr. lands on shelf in Lamar Co. Library System.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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SAT. AUG. 4, 2018 11:00 A.M. Join Authors William Trest Jr., 

Loretha Wallace and

Mary Haralson Coleman at the Pearl Public Library. 

2416 Old Brandon Rd, Pearl, MS 39208. (601) 932-2562.

We appreciate young readers who downloaded My A to G Activity Book today [download free from July 29 – Aug. 2, 2018] and those who downloaded My 10 to 100 Activity Book last week. The two books are 2 out of six books in the My First Book Series which are Kindergarten preparation books. The book introduces children to words, numbers, skip counting, and math concepts such as a dozen eggs and allows children to practice writing.

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SUN. JULY 29, 2018. 7 a.m. Tune into Kixie Sunday Morning Magazine and listen to Author William Trest’s interview with Lessie Hayes, Public Service Director. https://tunein.com/radio/Sunday-Morning-Magazine-p423253/