Send It On Down : A Southern Fiction Novel

There was a time in the Mississippi Delta when the only world the blacks knew was one of servanthood to the landowners. Young George Barton was born into that world. But in rural Bluff City, a small town within the Mississippi Delta, the tide is changing. It is the late 1960s and a government mandate is coming that will force total integration within the public school system. Adaptation and change is hard for both blacks and whites. When change is not welcome, resistance finds its way into the heart. Families who were friends for years find themselves distanced by this sudden change. Friendships are split, and the lives of three young boys will be changed forever. The Wentworths and their son Jony, are a good family steeped in the tradition of plantation ownership, and find it difficult to reconcile integration; especially with a dark secret carried on the plantation for almost two generations. The Prousts and their son Alex, newcomers to Bluff City, don't seem to grasp "the way it should be" as the local white folks do. And George Barton, a young black boy with a vision, wants to change it all. Maybe he can use this unwanted change to help his people finally become something other than what they had always been. Inspired by true events, follow these three friends growing into adulthood, with interlocking bonds of intrigue, hardships, murder, the Klan, romance, and forgiveness.

• | Author: D. McNeil
• | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Nov 30, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 438 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1977644031
• | ISBN-13: 9781977644039