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Thomas Hollyday
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Review of Slave Graves
SLAVE GRAVES: A NOVEL
THOMAS HOLLYDAY, Happy Bird Corporation, Weston, MA, paperback, (285p)
ISBN: 0-9741287-0-8
Thomas Hollyday writes this novel against a modern setting. Dr. Frank
Light, a famous archaeologist, is called to give his opinion on a
shipwreck site at River Sunday in Maryland, over which Jake Terment, a
rich businessman wants to build a bridge. Jake is a suave but
unscrupulous person who wants Dr. Light to merely look at it as a
formality, and he intends to go ahead with his plan regardless of the
outcome of the survey. Assisting Dr. Light are Maggie Davis, the state
Archaeologist and a Pastor Jefferson, a black preacher. These two care
about the site and Dr. Light also begins to share their convictions and
the sense of responsibility towards the historical significance of the
place. What they discover is the most shocking part of the book and to
reveal it would be to ruin it. However, Jake Terment wants to proceed
with his construction, against Dr. Light & Co's wishes, and amidst
protests from a nature conservation group headed by Birdey Pond. The
climax of the story is how Jake Terment tries to go ahead and the ironic
manner in which he meets his end. A book worth reading for its vivid
imagery and value system; it is hard to think that all of it is mere
fiction, and it makes you want to actually visit the intriguing site.
BookWire
Review
November 24, 2004
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