Sour Land (1993)

by William H. Armstrong

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For Anson Stone and his three motherless children, the quiet black man who enters their lives as teacher and friend fills a lonely void but also brings home a tragic reality.

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Beautifully written. Sensitive treatment of a sensitive subject. (

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Sour Land

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1993

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Moses Waters

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African-American Civil Rights Movement

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For Anson Stone and his three motherless children, the quiet black man who enters their lives as teacher and friend fills a lonely void but also brings home a tragic reality.

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