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Prologue: Strong Beginnings
A Tale of Two Lynchings
My novel Strong Beginnings is fictional but based on the very real Moore’s Ford Bridge Lynchings in rural Georgia and another lynching a few years later of a friend’s grandfather. Strong Beginnings is a family saga showing the impact of those events over fifty years and what happens when the chickens come home to roost. Here’s the prologue and how to obtain the book, should you be interested. Available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and in paperback and hardcover editions.
Prologue
Covington, GA — 1966
The thing about murder is that covering them up often leads to more killings. In this case, weeks later and fifty years into the future. It started as an ordinary Sunday for Dorothy, Roger, Mae, and George. But it would be their last, and the dominoes would begin to fall.
“I’ll be ready just as soon as I get this roast in the oven,” said Dorothy. “I’m cooking it real slow; the way Roger likes it. By the time we get back, it should only need another hour or so to finish.” Her best friend Mae was admiring the new Kenmore stove. Dorothy said, “It’s the same stove as on the Donna Reed Show; Roger got it from Sears and Roebuck in Atlanta. I’m making a special dinner because I have a surprise for Roger this evening.”
Mae said, “And you’re…
