Henrietta Buckmaster

Discusses the lives of African Americans from the early years of the nineteenth century to the start of the Civil War.

Karla's preoccupation with death and her brother's concern over being a loser threaten to ruin their summer in Maine.

Brief biographies of one white and three black congressmen active in the struggle to assure the rights of black people during the Reconstruction.

Montana Ines Parsons-Jeffers has just killed her husband, Harland Jeffers—a town hero. After the deed is done, she calmly dials the police. When the officers arrive amidst the flashes of news cameras, she goes quietly. And so begins the rest of what's left of Montana's life—not that she ever really had one. She's headed for prison; there's no escaping it. It was the inevitable destination in her own escape to freedom. But there is still hope, for one man may be able to help before her flight is over.