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Language: English
Published by Random House (edition First Edition), 1998
Series: Book 1 of 2 - Strivers Row
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- Title
- Standing at the Scratch Line: A Novel
- Author
- Johnson, Guy
- Publisher
- Random House (edition First Edition)
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Dust Jacket Included
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0375501584
- ISBN 13
- 9780375501586
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Series
- Book 1 of 2: Strivers Row
Forced to leave his Louisiana home after killing two white deputies during a raid on a rival's smuggling operation, Le Roi Boudreaux Tremain joins the army, where he becomes King Tremain, an angel of vengeance who kills based on his own code of honor, love, and loyalty. A first novel. 50,000 first printing. Tour.
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About the Author
Guy Johnson, the son of Dr. Maya Angelou, completed college in Egypt. After graduating, he managed a bar on Spain's Costa del Sol, ran a photo-safari service from London through Morocco and Algeria to the Spanish Sahara, and worked on the oil rigs in Kuwait. He has recently taken a medical leave from the the local government of Oakland, California, where he was a manager for over twenty years. Johnson's poetry has appeared in Essence magazine as well as in My Brother's Keeper, an anthology of black male poets. He lives in Oakland with his wife and son.
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