Roots of Worth

By Thomas A Hilton Jr

In the red-dirt heart of Jericho, Mississippi, 1963, Amos Tate splits his forty acres-two fields, two fates-to prove a truth carved deep in his weathered bones: timing is everything. Under a late March sun, he plants the west field hasty in clay, its frail shoots bending by summer's end, while the east waits patient in rich loam, blooming full come fall-a gamble mirrored in the lives across the rutted lane. Ruth Harper frets as her son Jimmy, five, stumbles into first grade too soon, his spirit wilting under Cal's hard push, while Lena Dawson's Tommy, six, ripens slow and thrives-a tale of roots stretched across decades.

From 1963 to 2002, Amos's fields whisper lessons through generations-haste reaps thin, patience yields plenty-as Sarah Harper returns, a nurse bearing scars of her own uprooting, to find Tommy's steady hand tending the east's bounty. In this lyrical Southern saga, Thomas A. Hilton Jr. unearths a family's quiet faith and resilience, where the land decides, but love makes it grow. First in the "Jericho Legacy Series."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F274GGBN
• ISBN13: 9798314935224
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"