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Carolina Cousins #01: A Perilous Proposal

by Michael R Phillips

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ISBN13: 9780764200410
ISBN10: 0764200410
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A Perilous Proposal introduces readers to a slave boy nicknamed Jake. Jake strives against his master and even his father. When his father disappears, Jake becomes angrier yet and kills a white drifter who attacked his mother. Sure his deed will be discovered, Jake runs away. He is captured by a band of angry confederate soldiers and barely escapes with his life, then finds haven with the Union army and a soft-spoken black soldier named Micah. Micah gently urges him to let go of his anger, but Jake holds on to it with stubborn determination. Jake abandons the army and starts North, carrying a grudge and his guilty secret, on a quest to find freedom and his long-lost father. In North Carolina, he not only discovers his father, but two intriguing young women as well, one of them a former slave like himself. Jake soon falls in love with the beautiful black girl, but she is hesitant to marry anyone just yet. She has only recently come to know her real father and longs to spend more time with her new family. Meanwhile, Jake runs into trouble with some white boys in town and soon the hooded riders are burning crosses in their yard. Has Jake learned to forgive his father — and himself — only to lose his true love...and possibly his life?

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A slave boy experiences hardships and adventure when he goes on the run afterkilling the white drifter who attacked his mother.
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StephenWright, November 27, 2007 (view all comments by StephenWright)
During the Civil War slave child Jake detests his yoke and though young shows open signs of rebellion against his master in spite of the warnings from his father. Jake's anger explodes when his dad vanishes as he assumes foul play. Out pf control, he kills a white drifter who he caught molesting his mother. Knowing that in the Confederacy, no black can get justice when a white is involved, Jake runs away.

Confederate soldiers capture Jake, but he escapes and joins the Union army. There he meets a kind mentor, Micah, a black soldier, who counseled the lad to let his anger go. Holding a grudge, he deserts the army heading to North Carolina where he is shocked to meet up with his father and a young black woman Mayme who he falls in love with. Even in this southern state Jake goes out of his way to alienate whites who burn crosses on their lawn.

Using the Civil War as a backdrop, Michael Phillips provides a rousing exciting inspirational tale that makes a strong case that racism destroys everyone even the innocent. Jake is a fabulous protagonist struggling with devastating blows to his heart. He knows he must forgive his father for deserting his mother and him, but finds it difficult to do so in spite of the encouragement of several women including Mayme to let it go so that he can move on. The cast makes the tale as readers will obtain a taste of how crippling hatred is.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780764200410
Author:
Phillips, Michael R
Publisher:
Bethany House Publishers
Author:
Phillips, Michael
Subject:
Race relations
Subject:
Young women
Subject:
Religious - Historical
Subject:
Christian - Historical
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Love stories
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Carolina Cousins
Series Volume:
01
Publication Date:
July 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
347
Dimensions:
8.58x6.34x.94 in. .89 lbs.
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