Jujitsu for Christ a novel
by
 
Butler, Jack, 1944-

Title
Jujitsu for Christ a novel

Author
Butler, Jack, 1944-

ISBN
9781617037399
 
9781621039273
 
9781283922357

Publication Information
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013.

Physical Description
1 online resource.

Abstract
Jack Butler's Jujitsu for Christ--originally published in 1986--follows the adventures of Roger Wing, a white born-again Christian and karate instructor who opens a martial arts studio in downtown Jackson, Mississippi, during the tensest years of the Civil Rights era. Ambivalent about his religion and his region, he befriends the Gandys, an African-American family--parents A.L. and Snower Mae, teenaged son T.J., daughter Eleanor Roosevelt, and youngest son Marcus--who has moved to Jackson from the Delta in hopes of greater opportunity for their children. As the political heat ris.

Subject Term
Civil rights movements -- Mississippi -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
 
Families -- Mississippi -- Fiction.

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt24hxhp


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