Somewhere a river
Subtitle: a novel
By: Michael K. Brown
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Deeds Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Atlanta, Georgia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781941165379
Subjects: Football players; Fiction; Racism; Redemption; Football stories
Description: "In 1959 Billy Burdette is a high school football hero in a small town in Alabama. He's in love with Olivia Alexander, the prettiest girl in town. Billy leads his team to the state championship and receives a scholarship to his beloved university. His life seems perfect. But a traumatic incident ends his football career and a tragic decision causes him and Olivia to drift apart. When the civil rights movement heats up, Alabama becomes the eye of the storm and Billy decides to move far away from all the turmoil and disappointment in his life."--[cover, page 4].