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.
Electronic Access:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt24hxhpCopies:
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