What readers are saying/My one-star review

Through sales and giveaways the past three weeks, we’ve put 4,500 copies of Brambleman into the hands of readers. (The giveawys ended a week ago, but the 99 cent special continues through March 31.) One result of this promotional surge has been an increase in reviews–and a bump in the book’s ratings, which were already high. Six reviews have been posted since the promotion began: five five-star ratings and one four-star review. This has raised Brambleman’s average rating from 4.4 to 4.5.*   Here are the latest posts:Brambleman March 10, 2014 “Well worth reading more than once. At times irreverent, this book deals with racism, incest, murder, etc. The book really defies description. Throw in a little divine(?) intervention, an eclectic cast…

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“One of the most surprising books I’ve read in a long time!”

“Highly Recommended.” This five-star review  comes from Thinfilm on Brambleman‘s Amazon page: Thank goodness I don’t work in a library or any other job that requires categorizing books….because I wouldn’t have the faintest idea where to place this one. Social history? Mystery? Supernatural and the Occult?…or even Humour? Mr. Grant takes us on an amazing journey in time to teach us something about some very disturbing chaqpters in American history, in a most engaging, weird and sometimes funny way. His style is light and flowing and even though the book is long it never seems to get cumbersome or heavy slogging. The characters are exaggerated almost to the point of being unbelievable… “almost” but never “quite” (…well, maybe Trouble is a bit…

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“I really had doubts about this book”

Review of Brambleman February 27, 2014 by Paul Westerman (on Brambleman‘s Amazon Page) “I really had doubts about this book …” Unexpected is the best word I can use to describe this book. All of the time I was reading it I expected something to appear that would make me dislike it, but it just kept getting better. Seldom do I rank a book with 5* because most books could have been better in some aspect such as plot, characterization, etc. This book is as good as it gets for what it is. I don’t think it is a book that everyone will enjoy as much as I did, but I recommend that any avid reader at least try it. * * * That’s…

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Why did I write Brambleman?

I was just asked: “What made you write Brambleman?” Here’s my answer: I edited a monumental history of Georgia, and there was only a paragraph devoted to the nightriding and ethnic cleansing in Forsyth County, Georgia in 1912 – site of the largest Civil Rights march in American History 75 years later led by Hosea Williams. This is also the county made famous by Oprah and a landmark Supreme Court case. I wanted to tell a story that bridged the generations over the past centure… unto the third and fourth generation, as the Bible so ominously puts it. Brambleman is available at Amazon.com and just about everywhere else.

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Black workers still face hostility in Forsyth County

Above: Klan rally at Forsyth County courthouse in 1992 Today is the anniversary of Hosea Williams’ massive civil rights march on Forsyth County. Coincidentally, a technician came to my north Atlanta house yesterday to work on my Internet service. During the course of our conversation, he said he’d been working recently in Forsyth County. Since he was black, I asked him, “How’d that go?” He gave me a wry smile and said, “It was different.” You see, when I tell white folks I wrote a book about Forsyth County, many of them say, “What’s interesting about Forsyth County?” When I tell black people, I get a different reaction–a wary look. An eyeroll. A muttered comment along the lines of, “I’m not going up…

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