Guy Johnson is the author of the novel Standing at the Scratch Line and a book of poetry, In the Wild Shadows. After graduating from high school in Egypt, he com-pleted college in Ghana. Johnson managed a bar on Spain’s Costa del Sol, ran a photo safari service from London through Morocco and Algeria, and worked on oil rigs in Kuwait. Most recently he worked in the local government of Oakland, California, for more than ten years. He lives in Oakland with his wife and son. He is the son of Dr. Maya Angelou. To learn more about Guy Johnson and his work, visit his website at www.guyjohnsonbooks.com.
Praise for Standing at the Scratch Line
“Standing at the Scratch Line is a big, good-hearted book, carried
along all but effortlessly by the power of the images it has tapped
into and by Guy Johnson’s remarkably adroit writing.” —The
Washington Post
“[King] Tremain has the qualifications to be one of literature’s
most versatile heroes: a sharp-shooting soldier (WWI), jazz-club
impresario, gangster, bootlegger, smuggler, general-store owner,
vigilante, lover and, finally, doting father and grandfather.” —The
Wall Street Journal
“An exuberant novel about dreaming big dreams and honoring black
heroes . . . Johnson creates a credible, powerful leader with a
reputation built on dead bodies—both black and white—bruised egos,
and
lessons about prejudice and power. . . . A page turner full of
pride, energy and passionate people.” —Black Issues Book Review
“Fast-paced, intelligent . . . [This] novel presents a brief
history of twentieth-century black America in the guise of a
testosterone-fueled adventure yarn.” —Library Journal
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