A Boy’s Personal Battle in Civil War-torn South

Kevin Hunter Orr’s Emancipated Minor, a recent BookSurge publication, reveals the hardships of Civil War life…through the eyes of an indomitable boy.

Monticello, Florida (PRWEB) March 5, 2006 -- Rarely do we have the opportunity to see the Civil War-torn South in such a compelling and fascinating way. In the case of Kevin Hunter Orr’s Emancipated Minor, this view is through the eyes of a twelve year-old boy.

Young Lemuel is a white child being reared by a nanny in Colored Town, one of the all-black enclaves of Civil War Richmond. His life is hard, sometimes violent, and he is beset by doubts about his identity. Why is he here and where is his family? His loving nanny does what she can, but Lem is certain that somewhere his family awaits him, ready to wrap their arms around him and welcome him home. Finally, his crisis of identity drives him to leave the only life he knows and set off in search of his parents. His travels are long, his hardships many, and along the way he lives an adventure that proves as fascinating as it is horrifying, as confusing as it is decisive.

Author Kevin Orr has created a character who is engaging and personable. Through the boy’s narration, we become acquainted with a single-minded youth who, while traipsing through the towns and mores of a war-raged South, never loses sight of his goal. Seen through the eyes of naiveté that is both charming and chilling, the reader lives first-hand the range of our narrator’s experiences: deception, kindness, and the brutal reality of a family secret that ultimately results in abandonment.

About the Author:
Kevin Hunter Orr is a graduate of Wofford College in South Carolina, where he earned a B.A. in English. The author of three book-length manuscripts and more than 500 poems, he lives with his wife and children in Monticello, Jefferson County, Florida.

Emancipated Minor is available for sale online at Amazon.com, Borders.com, BookSurge.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.

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