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“Sometimes
a man’s gotta take a stand.” – Shawn Brodie, aged 14.Arizona,
1882. Falsely
accused of theft, Shawn Brodie is sent to serve three
years in the Hellhole called Yuma Territorial Prison. Lamb to the slaughter,
maybe?The Mexican Zapata wants to stick him with
a knife, the warden wants him to mend his thieving ways, and the sergeant of
the guard wants to get into Shawn’s pants. If he won’t do what Sergeant
Tarkington wants, he’ll end up in the Snake Den, a cube of iron straps hung from
the ceiling of a dark cave. If he doesn’t do what Zapata says, he’ll end up
with a nail sticking out of his eye. If he can’t convince the warden that he’s
not a thief, he’ll spend his days tromping Colorado River mud to make adobe
bricks.Is his young life going to be made up of
beatings, rape, and incarceration in the deadly Snake Den? The odds seem
stacked against young Shawn ever getting out of Yuma Prison alive.The Mexicans hate the whites, the Chinamen
and blacks stay out of the way, and the whites fight among themselves. Somehow,
Shawn must learn how to defend himself, and chance throws him in with Shoo Lee,
a cellmate, an Oriental proficient in the barehanded fighting technique Kara
Ti. Perhaps if he becomes Shoo Lee’s disciple he can endure...“Though young, Shawn has the strong moral
fiber to survive, no matter what comes his way. Chuck Tyrell has produced a
memorable hero and a grim, gritty yet very real tale of brutality leavened with
kindness, despair salved with hope, and ultimately an inspiring testament to a
young boy’s journey into manhood.”-
Ross Morton, author of The
$300 Man
So glad to hear that.
Posted by: Ray | June 13, 2011 at 08:51 AM