Things Could Get Ugly - Softcover

Reed, Gary

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9780692108178: Things Could Get Ugly
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0692108173 ISBN 13: 9780692108178
Publisher: Top Quark Publishing Co., 2018

Synopsis

Things Could Get Ugly is historical fiction, set in late summer, 1939. It was a time when the Great Depression lingered on, Jim Crow divided the South along racial lines, the Syndicate was extending its influence. Hitler threatened war in Europe, and there was speculation President Franklin Roosevelt might run for an unprecedented third term.

Jack O'Brien, a young newspaper reporter, returns to Covington, looking for a story that will make his reputation and, he hopes, help him land an assignment overseas to cover the events unfolding in Europe.

The story Jack finds involves a scoundrel preacher, a wrongly convicted black man, a corrupt politician, and a dangerous mobster. But if he pursues that story, he puts everything he holds dear at risk.

Although the story involves a gangster and public corruption, the novel has the "vibe" of the newspaper reporter movies that were popular in the 1930s. Many of its themes are relevant today.

And like those 1930s "reporter" movies, there's a romance angle too!

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Publisher
Top Quark Publishing Co.
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0692108173
ISBN 13 
9780692108178
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
436
Rating
  • 4.54 out of 5 stars
    13 ratings by Goodreads

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9781980646501: Things Could Get Ugly: The Great Depression, Jim Crow, the Syndicate, a Corrupt Politician ... and a Reporter looking for the truth

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ISBN 10:  1980646503 ISBN 13:  9781980646501
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