Beetlecreek / by William Demby ; with an afterword by James C. Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Demby, William.

Contributor:

Hall, James C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American teenage boys--Fiction.

African American teenage boys.

City and town life--Fiction.

City and town life.

Male friendship--Fiction.

Male friendship.

Race relations--Fiction.

Race relations.

Men, White--Fiction.

Men, White.

West Virginia--Fiction.

West Virginia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

After several years of silence and seclusion in Beetlecreek's black quarter, a carnival worker named Bill Trapp befriends Johnny Johnson, a Pittsburgh teenager living with relatives in Beetlecreek. Bill is white. Johnny is black. Both are searching for acceptance, something that will give meaning to their lives. Bill tries to find it through good will in the community. Johnny finds it in the Nightriders, a local gang. David Diggs, the boy's dispirited uncle, aspires to be an artist but has to settle for sign painting. David and Johnny's new friendship with Bill kindles hope that their lives wi

Contents:

Beetlecreek; PART ONE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; PART TWO; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; PART THREE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; PART FOUR; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; REFERENCES

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

"Banner Books."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236).

ISBN:

1-283-03115-9

9786613031150

1-61703-086-4

0-585-22711-X

OCLC:

712016220