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THE MEETING TREE
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize!
by Jesse Goodwin
Pages 160
ISBN: 0-9628828-7-9
Price: $9.95 postpaid (softcover)
We can't pick up a newspaper without reading about problems facing young black people in America; yet few decision-makers in City Hall understand the nature of the problem, let alone the underlying culture that supports it. Jesse Goodwin, a former intake counselor for the Florida juvenile court, explains in graphic and eloquent language how this culture, virtually invisible to the dominant society, operates almost like a parallel universe. He tells how the meeting tree, a benevolent tradition in Afro-American society has become hopelessly corrupted by a street culture based on crime in general and drugs in particular. These true stories provide an important and fascinating glimpse into black culture in America.
REVIEWS
Carol Webster, PhD:
"Mr. Goodwin chronicles the life of Patches and his mother in such a compelling way that juvenile justice and social service administrators, as well as children's advocates, should want their staff to read this book."
Palm Beach Gazette:
"This book breaks new ground by describing through a series of case histories, how a benevolent social institution in African-American communities everywhere, the Meeting Tree, has been corrupted by drugs and the corresponding rise in street crime into a serious social malignancy, especially affecting young children."
BIG WATER
Flight to Lake Okeechobee
by Eugene Arnold
Pages 201
ISBN: 0-9628828-2-8
Price: $12.95 postpaid (softcover)
"...it was then he heard the bloodhounds again!" Thus began young Bruce Coggins' frantic dash for freedom after being unjustly imprisoned shortly before the turn of the century. This book is an account of his flight through the wilderness of central Florida, finding succor among the Seminole Indians and the catfish fishermen living on the shores of Lake Okeechobee. Although the characters and events described are fictional, the setting and surrounding circumstances are entirely authentic. The author provides the historic backdrop from his personal recollection and experience. Richly illustrated by Florida artist Wes Seigrist.