Standing at the Scratch Line
Book description
Raised in the steamy bayous of New Orleans in the early 1900s, LeRoi "King" Tremain, caught up in his family's ongoing feud with the rival DuMont family, learns to fight. But when the teenage King mistakenly kills two white deputies during a botched raid on the DuMonts, the Tremains' fear…
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1 author picked Standing at the Scratch Line as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is the embodiment of great storytelling. Guy Johnson takes us on a journey that is profound and addicting.
The characters are beautifully constructed against a backdrop of historical fiction, adventure, and romance. They are flawed, and you find yourself rooting for them at every turn. This is the first book I read that taught me how to better push the constraints of my own writing and to simply write what might feel personal but is also necessary.
Johnson was also the first author I ever reached out to, to say how much the book meant to me and…
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