They don’t know where George Zimmerman is, but they know where he’s not. The reason for his withdrawal from Seminole State College, where he was pursuing an Associate’s Degree in general studies: safety–his and everyone else’s. Orlando’s Channel Six has the report.
Jacket copy “I was nine years old when they ran us out of Forsyth County in 1912. My father let me take one thing, a baseball he’d bought for me in the spring. I gripped it tight as we pulled away from our house. My mother was expecting my sister then, so she laid down in the back of the wagon. White men on horseback watched us with their rifles pointed in the air. Pop stared forward with the reins in his hands. ‘This is what they do, son,’ he told me. I heard glass break and turned to see a torch fly in our front window. Pop grabbed my head and twisted it so hard my neck hurt. ‘Boy, don’t look…
The paperback version of Brambleman is now available at Amazon.com for $15.95! You can also download a sample to read at your leisure. Brambleman A Novel by Jonathan Grant ISBN 978-0-9834921-2-2 ISBN 978-0-9834921-3-9 (ebook) Paperback suggested retail: $18.95 ebook suggested retail: $8.99 Down-and-out Atlanta writer Charlie Sherman has no idea what madness awaits him when a mysterious stranger convinces him to finish a dead man’s book about a horrific crime that’s gone unpunished for decades. What Charlie inherits is an unwieldy manuscript about the mob-driven expulsion of more than 1,000 blacks from Forsyth County, Georgia in 1912. During the course of his work, Charlie uncovers a terrible secret involving a Forsyth County land grab. Due to its proximity to Atlanta, the stolen…
Praise for Brambleman: “This is a very well-written novel … clearly Mr. Grant has the skill required to … write a good story with a complicated plot and a diverse set of characters. (O)verall I found Brambleman to be an interesting and informative read.” — Jane Linsdell, Lindsay and Jane’s Views and Reviews * * * You can download the prologue and Chapter One of Brambleman to read at your pleasure by clicking here. Enjoy! BRAMBLEMAN A Novel by Jonathan Grant Down-and-out Atlanta writer Charlie Sherman has no idea what madness awaits him when a mysterious stranger convinces him to finish a dead man’s book about a horrific crime that’s gone unpunished for decades. What Charlie inherits is an unwieldy manuscript about…
Goodreads is amazing. I just started participating in its author program last weekend, because I wanted to set up a book giveaway for Brambleman. With some help from customers service–yes, Goodreads has it and I give it high marks–I was able to accomplish this task. (By the way, I’m interested in setting up other book giveaways, too.) As of this morning, three days after the title was set up, more than 120 people have signed up for the giveaway (feel free to join the crowd), 9 people already plan to read it, and it’s gotten its first review (4 stars). Right now, Brambleman is only available as an eBook, but I should get printer’s proofs from Amazon and Ingram’s Lightning Source today (I…
