Bill King’s Novel "Hack" Takes Readers to 1950s Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (PRWEB) September 30, 2013 -- Bill King’s 2007 novel “Hack” (published by Trafford Publishing), which is getting a renewed marketing push in 2013, is a story of survival of the fittest, set in an Alabama cotton mill village.
“Hack” is about the desperate and crazy happenings of teenage boys in 1950s in the cotton mill villages that sprang up in the South during the difficult times following the Depression.
The main characters of the story are Hack, One Lung, Woosie, Snake and Poolroom. Life means so little to them that they will try anything, from jumping off the Tennessee River Bridge to climbing the tower to the mill's shift change siren.
King hopes readers will feel the characters’ pain and show compassion for impoverished kids whose parents are working long hours just to survive and have little time to direct and influence their children about the realities of adult life.
“Hack”
By Bill King
Softcover | 6 x 9 in | 244 pages | ISBN 9781425120108
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble
About the Author
Bill King was born in a cotton mill village boarding house in north Alabama. After working his way through college laying sewer lines on the campus, he ran for public office and was elected to both the Alabama House of Representatives and the Alabama Senate while segregationist George Wallace was governor of Alabama. A businessman, King developed multimillion dollar hotels, apartments and motels throughout the southeastern U.S. He lives in Birmingham, Ala.
Trafford Publishing, an Author Solutions, LLC, author services imprint, was the first publisher in the world to offer an “on-demand publishing service,” and has led the independent publishing revolution since its establishment in 1995. Trafford was also one of the earliest publishers to utilize the Internet for selling books. More than 10,000 authors from over 120 countries have utilized Trafford’s experience for self publishing their books. For more information about Trafford Publishing, or to publish your book today, call 1-888-232-4444 or visit trafford.com.
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