Introduction

Set in the cotton fields, back roads and small towns of West Texas 1937, Cottonwood offers a moving look into a world where innocence, wisdom and evil collide in an entanglement of racial injustice. When a black cotton farmer purchases his second mule in an attempt to establish himself and his farm as competitive cotton producers, he ignites a stirring of dissonance and contempt within the usually quiet community. As animosity percolates through the dim lit bars and shacks, friendships are formed in the most unlikely of places. A beautiful acoustic soundtrack written by the author is included.

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PROLOGUE


THE LEATHER STRETCHED AND creaked and tore slight little hair-fine tears along its edge like old stressed tendon slowly pulling away from bone. Two remaining nails long since rusted and near headless grabbed the wood tight and held fast. Thirty two inch by seven foot knotted pine framed in the screen that dangled and hung limp from the homemade hinge. Holes so big a small bird could fly through without even touching his feathers on the little rusty barbs that curled and gnarled and stuck out every which way, same as hair does when you burn it. A slight breeze stirred hot humid air and the door slowly danced and clacked against the jamb, the latch kissing and teasing the strike plate. A small, leather-covered bible lay open atop the flaking, crusted paint of the porch rail and the pages blew back and forth from Proverbs to Psalms. A fly landed on Proverbs11:22, rode the bucking page for a moment then flew off through a hole toward the kitchen. It was mid-August. Heat hung. A damp wool blanket rolling with vapors like gas fumes across fields of short brown brush speckled white with cotton. ... view entire excerpt...

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»	Listen to the companion CD Songs written by Stacy Dean Campbell to accompany COTTONWOOD

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