Barry Beckham's second novel nominated for the 1972 National Book Award.
In 1890, missionary explorers William Sheppard and Samuel Lapsley risk everything to save the Congo nation, forcing the first international human rights trial between Belgium and America.
In an effort to relate to his only grandson an Old man must be willing to embrace the one thing he hates technology.
Barry Beckham's second novel nominated for the 1972 National Book Award.