Lewis W Heniford

Daniel, a black man who is well educated and free, supervises Foundhaven, a rice plantation on the upper reaches of the Pee Dee River in South Carolina in 1776. Pox has decimated his Negro workforce, compelling the purchase of a rebellious lot from Barbados. He and his overseer leave for Charles Town to get them just as a South Carolina provincial congress delegation arrives to engage Foundhaven's owner in the Sons of Liberty conference in the state capital about a united front against George III's tyrannies. The master and mistress of the plantation are feting the military men when word arrives about a battle in Lexington, Massachusetts, and the harsh British punishment. As the delegation departs for their conference, Daniel buys the lot from Barbados and marries the black woman with them. The purchased men enable the rice harvest, and he turns to his plan to lead Foundhaven slaves and others from the Carolinas to freedom beyond the Mississippi. He calls representatives of Indian nations and slaves at other plantations. The nearer the meeting comes, the more doubts Daniel has about his role. The Barbados woman he has married forces him to decide his role. When he declines to lead the exodus, she has the blacks kill him.

James Hemming, sixty-two, married but childless, a syndicated columnist based in California, has exposed enough secrets and crimes to earn a wall full of awards and commendations for investigative reporting. Recently, he has stumbled onto the story of his career, but revealing it would destroy his family. Jamess diagnosis of cancer brings into focus his mortality. He fights back by undergoing treatment, but the outcome is unsure. He may have but a brief time left. Fully aware that he has spent almost four decades a continent away from his domineering brother, Oaks, and their older sister, Millie, who is their center of gravity, he needs to uncover their secrets.

A young American soldier stationed in Germany in 1952, meets a British girl in London. He romances her during their first day in a glorious pub crawl accompanied by his Army buddy. Next day, they enjoy the playing fields of Eton and a band concert for the Queen at Windsor Castle. When they bid goodbye at Euston Station already infatuated, they have seen each other less than two days, never alone. She tries to visit him in Germany, but travel restrictions for the trip cause her to cancel. Angry over being stood up, the soldier and his buddy visit Ireland, Wales, even London, and he does not call her. Returning to the barracks in Germany, he finds her telegram that had arrived too late. The two cannot meet before his being sent back to the States for separation from the military. They exchange letters for four years, trying to reunite either in England or America. But problems intervene, including a girl to whom the soldier had been engaged before his London adventure and a conniving woman. He and the British girl struggle during his residency year at Stanford University to qualify for his Ph.D. Their greatest problem is pregnancy.

A young American soldier stationed in Germany in 1952, meets a British girl in London. He romances her during their first day in a glorious pub crawl accompanied by his Army buddy. Next day, they enjoy the playing fields of Eton and a band concert for the Queen at Windsor Castle. When they bid goodbye at Euston Station already infatuated, they have seen each other less than two days, never alone. She tries to visit him in Germany, but travel restrictions for the trip cause her to cancel. Angry over being stood up, the soldier and his buddy visit Ireland, Wales, even London, and he does not call her. Returning to the barracks in Germany, he finds her telegram that had arrived too late. The two cannot meet before his being sent back to the States for separation from the military. They exchange letters for four years, trying to reunite either in England or America. But problems intervene, including a girl to whom the soldier had been engaged before his London adventure and a conniving woman. He and the British girl struggle during his residency year at Stanford University to qualify for his Ph.D. Their greatest problem is pregnancy.

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