Madewell Brown (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781932961652)

As recorded in Rick Collignon s second novel, Perdido, a tall black man with one arm longer than the other walked into Guadalupe, New Mexico one morning about 50 years ago, stayed pretty much to himself for seven years, and then walked back out of town. No one knew who he was or what became of him. Now, as his last act, an old man named Ruffino Trujillo tells his grown son Cipriano a story about what became of the black man. After Ruffino s death, Cipriano discovers an old canvas bag bearing the name of Madewell Brown. Inside are a hand-carved doll, an old blanket, an unlabeled photo of a Negro League baseball team, and a small, yellowing envelope that was never posted. Thinking it the least he can do, Cipriano mails the letter. When it arrives in Cairo, Illinois, it comes into the hands of a young woman named Rachael, who believes it is from her lost grandfather.

Author: Rick Collignon
ISBN-10: 1932961658
ISBN-13: 9781932961652
Publisher: Unbridled Books
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2009
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.58h x 5.92w x 0.82d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/09/2009 pg. 29
Library Journal 04/15/2009 pg. 82
Foreword 04/13/2009