Twenty Acres and a Mule

Book excerpt: Charlie Smith, a fifteen-year old negro sharecropper, fascinated by his grandfather's long-lost dream of playing golf befriends a young talented and Nationally ranked junior golfer.They both end up learning that their lives share similar interests despite their socioeconomic differences. A tragic turn of events happened that allowed the young sharecropper to display hidden talents that resurrected hopeful dreams and united a deprived county that had been left desolate due to hurricanes and drought. The two families that were once plagued by the same tragic event eventually find peace and an everlasting bond of friendship.