02986cam a2200337 4500 545818212 TxAuBib 20220108120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781617759864 1617759864 B09231K69L Amazon c9c14dff-654c-46ad-b509-9e1b4d281889 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6201990 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Carter, André Lewis. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea [OverDrive] : A Novel. Akashic Books, 2022. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1400kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. African American Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p><b>In the early 1970s, César Alvarez enlists in the navy to escape a life of crime; while the decision saves him from the streets, it also lands him amid volatile racial tensions at a crucial moment in US history.</b></p> <p>"Skillfully blending his fictional hero's coming-of-age story with a real-life racial confrontation aboard ship, Carter's tale is a winning combination of military procedural, suspense, and Black history."<br /> —<i>Booklist</i>, STARRED Review</p> <p>"André Lewis Carter weaves a riveting tale about a side of the US Navy we seldom see. Tone-perfect delivery and an inarguably authentic voice mark the debut of a powerful new talent."<br /> —David Poyer, author of Violent Peace</p> <p>The Vietnam War is raging, the US Navy has only recently begun the process of integration, and the country is reeling from racial turmoil and unrest. So why does César, a street-tough kid of Afro-Cuban descent, enlist in the navy? He is on the run from a life of crime and from Mr. Mike, a charismatic, sociopathic gangster who was once a mentor but has now turned on him.<br /></p> <p>Escaping into a navy wrestling with its history of racism and sexism, César soon sees the absurdity of certain prejudices that seem as old as the US Armed Forces. When he is deployed aboard the USS <i>Kitty Hawk</i>, racial tensions are high and are moving quickly toward violence. Through it all, César's ever-growing sense of honor and self-worth force him to make moral decisions he never knew he was capable of. It's a fortitude he will desperately need.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-07 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c9c14dff-654c-46ad-b509-9e1b4d281889&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c9c14dff-654c-46ad-b509-9e1b4d281889&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c9c14dff-654c-46ad-b509-9e1b4d281889&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)