The intense confrontations of Wralph Wright's life are related to his passion for music. This fervor results in artistic and political clashes in his native state, Illinois, later in New York City, and again in Illinois. Most of the people involved i...
Pete Downey first appeared as a recently orphaned 16- year-old group home resident. Growing up, his years were mostly sporadic periods of disconnection among an addictive mother, indifferent street people, and sadistic foster parents. He’d never kn...
Jamie’s exploits occur over a summer with his grandparents in fictional Casper County, Illinois, the site of the novel, Lost Chords. More than a dozen episodes take Jamie through a variety of experiences including aspects of folklore, fantasy, fear...
We first met Pete Downey as a teenager in A Misplaced Person. This sequel occurs fourteen years later in Indianapolis. The narrative opens with Jim and Lucy Owens who knew Pete years earlier. Their lives become entangled in ways that are dangerous to...
We first meet Frederick Vance as a Chicago youth. After being orphaned during his early teens, he lives with several relatives to whom he is "Little Freddie." He manages to survive amidst gang activity and swirling political influences within his own...