Guy Johnson
â€œYou done lived a tough life, boy, and I know Iâ€™m part responsible for that. I ainâ€™t askinâ€™ you to excuse me or forgive me. Just know I did the best I knew to do. I was just tryinâ€™ to make you tough enough to deal with the world. To stand tall among men, I knew you had to be strong and have yoâ€™ own mind.â€ ,â€œYou were preparing me for war, Grandfather.â€ ,Guy Johnson, the author of the critically acclaimed debut ,Standing at the Scratch Line,, continues the Tremain family saga. ,Jackson St. Clair Tremain hasnâ€™t spoken to his grandfather King in nearly twenty years. Disgusted by the violence and bloodlust that seemed to be his grandfatherâ€™s way of life, Jackson chose to distance himself from King and live a simpler life. But now King is gravely ill, and his impending death places Jacksonâ€™s lifeâ€”as well as those of his family and friendsâ€”in jeopardy. Reluctantly, Jackson travels to Mexico to see King. But after a brief reconciliation, his grandfather is assassinated, and Jackson suspects that his grandmother Serena may have had a hand in it. Jackson takes control of Kingâ€™s organization, and as he does, he reflects on the summers he spent in Mexico as a child and the lessons he learned there at the knee of his strong-willed, complex grandfather. ,In ,Echoes of a Distant Summer,, Guy Johnson introduces us to a new hero, Jackson St. Clair Tremain, who learns that, like his grandfather, he must be willing to protect those he lovesâ€”at all costs.,From the Hardcover edition.
Fiction,Historical,Historical Fiction,American,African American Literature
Echoes of a Distant Summer