{"product_id":"a-wave-from-mama-a-robert-allen-9780578580562","title":"A Wave From Mama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA former slave gets his dream job working on the Brooklyn Bridge project, but becomes a pawn in a battle involving the gangs of Irishtown and the corrupt Metropolitan Police. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill his special physical abilities help him survive or will his awkward social deficits prove to be too much to overcome?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1863 Weeksville, Brooklyn: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe free Black community of Weeksville becomes home to an unusually small boy and his mother who fled Manhattan during New York's Draft Riots. When his mother succumbs to her injuries, the boy swears revenge against everyone and everything that contributed to her death. His diminutive size and acrobatic climbing abilities make him a spectacle to behold, while his awkward social habits make him an outcast to everyone in Weeksville, except the adopted family he swears to protect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen his stepbrother is attacked, the boy becomes embroiled in a battle between the Irish Gangs and Whiskey Kings of Irishtown while the corrupt Metropolitan Police sit on the sidelines. The backdrop of the action is the building of the Brooklyn Bridge and the racial tensions of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Wave From Mama is a stand-alone story connected in concept with the other volumes in the Slavery and Beyond Series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. Robert Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 057858056X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780578580562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anthony Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d","brand":"A. Robert Allen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850170872063,"sku":"9780578580562","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-wave-from-mama-a-robert-allen-9780578580562","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}