New Release — Historical Fiction
Twenty-one-year-old Joshua Banks, second son of a Yorkshire baron, is chasing a future that is slipping away. He must succeed soon; once his brother takes over the estate, Joshua will be cut off for good.
On the eve of his engagement to Margaret, daughter of a powerful press baron, Margaret’s father offers a Faustian bargain. A foreign correspondent position, but he must sail to New York immediately.
Instead of fame, a vengeful editor forces Joshua to cover low-life minstrel shows. Joshua confronts an alien world of all manner of Gilded Age excess. Joshua struggles to make sense of the life and murder trial of his friend, the first black recording star, George Washington Johnson.
Just as Joshua is finding his feet, an informer tips Nowak on the Banks’ family secret, a scandal that threatens to destroy Joshua’s very identity. Joshua must either remake himself or lose everything.
ISBN 979-8-88633-038-0 (Paperback)
ISBN 979-8-88633-039-7 (eBook)
Historical Fiction
6 x 9, 400 pages
Publication date: September 17, 2024
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Jay G. Grubb is an entertainment attorney working in music, film, and publishing. As a professor teaching the history of jazz, blues, and pop he has confronted the complexities and contradictions of American culture that are at the core of Land of Sins and Promise.
He was a columnist for Script Magazine (now merged with Final Draft), and received an Achievement Award in Writing from the National Council of Teachers of English. He is a frequent speaker, including lectures at Peabody Institute and the Maryland Institute College of Arts.
He loves to travel, especially to scout the locations used in his writing.
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