The Fire in the Flint (Brown Thrasher Books) - Softcover

Walter Francis White

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082031742X ISBN 13: 9780820317427

Publisher: The University of Georgia Press, 1995

This is the story of Kenneth Harper, a young black physician who, after having studied in the North in the early part of the 20th century and believing that the days of oppression for blacks in the South were waning, returns to his hometown of Central City in Georgia to practice medicine.

Review:

White has poured all that he knows, all that he has observed in years, all that he has dreamed and all that he has experienced, interpreting everything with his own passion and leaving art to take care of itself. The result is a stirring novel, beautifully and passionately written.

--The Nation

From the Back Cover:

Written by a lifelong champion of civil rights, this is the story of Kenneth Harper, a young black physician who, after having studied in the North in the early part of the twentieth century, returns to his hometown of Central City in South Georgia to practice medicine. Believing the days of oppression for blacks in the South were waning, Harper finds all too soon that the roots of intolerance grow deep. As he becomes increasingly aware of the ways in which the black community remains enslaved, Harper helps local sharecroppers organize a cooperative society to share in the economic freedom traditionally reserved for white landowners. The Ku Klux Klan is quickly rallied into action, and Harper finds himself in a violent and vengeful battle with the Klan. Amid the story's tragedy and violence, Walter White reflects the complex nuances of humanity within white and black communities in conflict.

• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 082031742X
• ISBN 13: 9780820317427
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 312