YO COLUMBIA! How America's National Symbol Came Down Off Her Pedestal and Found Her Groove

by Gerald F. Sweeney

Overview

Jim Mahoney, divorced, falls in love with a beautiful brown woman, Ruth Morisong, Brooklyn's best and livliest. Set in Manhattan's fast-paced Eighties, Yo Columbia! tells the story of a stormy courtship between an older guy and a young, live wire.

A sub-theme follows Jim's quest to find the music from Scott Joplin's lost opera only to discover the spirit of the father he lost in childhood. The lovers also uncover the historical black beauty that was the model for many of our national representations of America. Another theme tracks the history of American classical music.

Retaining characters like the Wizard from previous Columbiad novels - Eagles Rising and First Lights - the story is set against the rousing magazine business and chronicles Ruth's challenge to succeed in the cutthroat New York marketplace.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015592115
Publisher:	BookLocker.com, Inc.
Publication date:	05/14/2009
Series:	Columbiad Series , #6
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	348
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Jerry Sweeney, Army vet and Michigan graduate,is a retired New York magazine executive. He is the author of The Columbiad, a series of novels including Eagles Rising and First Lights - a saga of an Irish-American family's journey through the 20th Century.