The 'Great' Kickin'dog (eBook)
Kenneth Allen Crutchfield, Sr. (Verlag)
978-1-0879-4507-1 (ISBN)
Ex musician, assembly line worker and alcoholic, John Coleman Sr. is a man with deferred and shattered dreams. Living in a Chicago housing project during the 60's he is a father raising his eight-member family; four girls, two musical prodigy boys and a mentally unstable wife, in a drug, gang and gun infested environment among households with absent dads. During a competitive time of young musical prodigies, he fights for a pathway out of the projects through his talented sons. On a quest to find a way out, he drags his gifted boys on a whirlwind journey of hope, from talent shows to south side Blues clubs and observes their reputation growing with each performance. But along with the journey to see his boys "get great", is his ongoing struggle with alcohol, his wife's neurotic behavior and the fortified barrier of resentment from his jealous daughters all brought on by a family history of mental illness. Not only does John Coleman Sr. have to contend with the inner turmoil of his family, but a family tragedy shakes him to the core and threatens the sanctity of his high-spirited loved ones.
The 'Great' Kickin'dog is a Black experience during a turbulent time of civil rights in the 6o's and free spirits of the 70's embedded in the cradle of Chicago's segregation. It is a coming of age saga of passion, perseverance and the courage to rise above; a compelling story of hope and the question of fate.
Chapter 1 Lost and Find
Chapter 2 Lick at a Snake
Chapter 3 Plan to Get Great
Chapter 4 A Stroke of Bad Luck
Chapter 5 Fate and the Lost Glasses
Chapter 6 A Heart For People
Chapter 7 And the Curse Continues
Chapter 8 "it's Time to Move On With Your Life"
Chapter 9 "What comes First, the Chicken or the Egg?"
Chapter 10 "Look me Up in the Union Directory When You Get There"
Chapter 11 Bite of the Apple
Chapter 12 Providence in Progress
Chapter 13 Loss Wages
Chapter 14 Down the Incinerator
Chapter 15 Remove the Block
Chapter 16 All Minus One
Chapter 17 "Look Johnny, For Sale!"
Chapter 18 Memories Packed and carried
Chapter 19 Only Some Things Had Changed
Chapter 20 "I Just Don't Know What to Say 'Bout That Child!"
Chapter 21 "If It Be Your Will, father"
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 12.4.2021 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
| Schlagworte | alcoholism • child prodigies • Coming of Age • family drama • Fiction • generational curse • Mental Illness |
| ISBN-10 | 1-0879-4507-0 / 1087945070 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-0879-4507-1 / 9781087945071 |
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