Taking Chances: Historical Fiction

By Milton Shirdan II

Montgomery, Alabama, 1867 - two years afterthe end of the Civil War. It's a time of turmoilin the area. Over 600,000 slaves have beenfreed in the state, searching for a new life. Anger,bigotry and violence have become woven into the fabric of society.It is in this time, after having played with the ideafor several years, that two life-long friends (one white and one mixed race) with a shared love ofhorses, embark on an epic adventure through theReconstruction South, penetrating and maneuvering through the upper-crust world of Southern aristocracy - listening, learning and growing along the way. In the process and the backlash, they inadvertently alter the sport of horse racing forever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521472092
• ISBN13: 9781521472095
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.3" x 5.3"