Night Train to Nashville

By Paula Iacampo and Paula Blackman

My grandfather, E. Gab Blackman, kept a pair of well-worn, two-tone leather dance shoes in his closet. A cherished relic from another time, they stood apart from the wingtips, topsiders, golf shoes, and slippers he wore regularly. In the heaviness of their metal heel plates and stubbornness of the creases, the shoes seemed to boast of having taken him on a sentimental journey. When he was in his late eighties and walked with a cane, I asked if he planned to go dancing anytime soon. He laughed, blue eyes sparkling, and said, "I didn't keep those shoes for dancing. I've kept them for their story."

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785292063
• ISBN13: 9780785292067
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Harper Horizon
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"