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    Milk The Iron Cow
    Stand Upside Down
    Harvest The Dust
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    THE TALLMAN FAMILY TRILOGY Series

    By Adolphus A Ward

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    About this series

    By the mid-1980s Affirmative Action was taking its most harmful blows from the office of the President of the United States. The apparent irony is that the beginning place of Affirmative Action would ultimately lead to its end. Workers in every area of the American workforce quickly picked up the President's mantra to abandon government regulations, enforcement and found personal ways to express their frustration with Affirmative Action.

    Calvin Tallman – son of Pearl and grandson of Jacob and Clara Tallman – held a management position in the Personnel Department at AMC's facilities in Kenosha. In addition to performing and supervising personnel activities, Calvin was the company's vanguard in seeking new opportunities for women and minorities while protecting the gains already made. During the course of the story Calvin is able to salvage two black men – keeping them in positions never before held by a person of color, and certainly not a female.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdolphus A Ward
    Release dateSep 1, 2007
    Milk The Iron Cow
    Stand Upside Down
    Harvest The Dust

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 1

      Harvest The Dust
      Harvest The Dust

      Harvest The Dust

      Adolphus A Ward
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      As a young boy Jacob Tallman witnessed a black man being burned alive. That experience planted seeds of fear deep inside him. Those seeds sprouted into weeds that grew into stalks of feigned kindness and hidden shame. It took a white man, entering Jacob's house, knocking his wife to the floor and firing a shotgun at his son for Jacob to finally cut the roots of his fear. Jacob and Clara Tallman married young and had four children, two girls and two boys. Jacob's folks were sharecroppers. Clara's mother was a domestic worker and her white father a prominent doctor in the area. Everyone knew but no one, black or white, talked about it in public – especially within Clara's hearing. Because of Clara's near-white skin color, her mother never accepted Jacob – whose skin was black. Clara and Jacob had lost one son in a tragic drowning accident. When their remaining son is killed in a gambling dispute Clara could find no rest on the land. She leaves Arkansas taking their youngest daughter, and her grandson, with her and away from an illicit relationship. Jacob's remaining daughter, a schoolteacher, falls in love with a man and decides to also leave the land. Jacob is left alone, committed to working the land and hoping for Clara's return. She does return. And the two of them work the land together. Stephen Sachs Artistic Director, Fountain Theatre Los Angeles Had this to say about this magnificent story "Written with deep affection, Harvest the Dust is a heartfelt tale of a farming family planting seeds of love, hope and self-respect in an unsure world. Reading Harvest the Dust is like savoring an old family scrapbook filled with unforgettable images of folks and homeland you get to know well and love."

      As a young boy Jacob Tallman witnessed a black man being burned alive. That experience planted seeds of fear deep inside him. Those seeds sprouted into weeds that grew into stalks of feigned kindness and hidden shame. It took a white man, entering Jacob's house, knocking his wife to the floor and firing a shotgun at his son for Jacob to finally cut the roots of his fear. Jacob and Clara Tallman married young and had four children, two girls and two boys. Jacob's folks were sharecroppers. Clara's mother was a domestic worker and her white father a prominent doctor in the area. Everyone knew but no one, black or white, talked about it in public – especially within Clara's hearing. Because of Clara's near-white skin color, her mother never accepted Jacob – whose skin was black. Clara and Jacob had lost one son in a tragic drowning accident. When their remaining son is killed in a gambling dispute Clara could find no rest on the land. She leaves Arkansas taking their youngest daughter, and her grandson, with her and away from an illicit relationship. Jacob's remaining daughter, a schoolteacher, falls in love with a man and decides to also leave the land. Jacob is left alone, committed to working the land and hoping for Clara's return. She does return. And the two of them work the land together. Stephen Sachs Artistic Director, Fountain Theatre Los Angeles Had this to say about this magnificent story "Written with deep affection, Harvest the Dust is a heartfelt tale of a farming family planting seeds of love, hope and self-respect in an unsure world. Reading Harvest the Dust is like savoring an old family scrapbook filled with unforgettable images of folks and homeland you get to know well and love."

    • 2

      Milk The Iron Cow
      Milk The Iron Cow

      Milk The Iron Cow

      Adolphus A Ward
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      It was a time when national labor policies governing race first began to take shape in the industrial sectors of America. It was a time of radical change. The change that was inevitable would not come easily; it would not come without struggle; it would not come without blood; it would not come without death. Annie Tallman Lindsey had married Robert (Buddy) Lindsey just before moving to Milwaukee in 1935. Soon after their arrival her sister Pearl Tallman and Pearl's young son Calvin joined them. The activities of this family are the ingredients from which this story was brewed. Annie Mae is the daughter of Jacob and Clara Tallman of "Harvest The Dust." On the staff of the Milwaukee Urban League, she leads the struggle to force the A.O. Smith Corporation to hire black men in full-time jobs. World War II helps to make her efforts successful.

      It was a time when national labor policies governing race first began to take shape in the industrial sectors of America. It was a time of radical change. The change that was inevitable would not come easily; it would not come without struggle; it would not come without blood; it would not come without death. Annie Tallman Lindsey had married Robert (Buddy) Lindsey just before moving to Milwaukee in 1935. Soon after their arrival her sister Pearl Tallman and Pearl's young son Calvin joined them. The activities of this family are the ingredients from which this story was brewed. Annie Mae is the daughter of Jacob and Clara Tallman of "Harvest The Dust." On the staff of the Milwaukee Urban League, she leads the struggle to force the A.O. Smith Corporation to hire black men in full-time jobs. World War II helps to make her efforts successful.

    • 3

      Stand Upside Down
      Stand Upside Down

      Stand Upside Down

      Adolphus A Ward
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      By the mid-1980s Affirmative Action was taking its most harmful blows from the office of the President of the United States. The apparent irony is that the beginning place of Affirmative Action would ultimately lead to its end. Workers in every area of the American workforce quickly picked up the President's mantra to abandon government regulations, enforcement and found personal ways to express their frustration with Affirmative Action. Calvin Tallman – son of Pearl and grandson of Jacob and Clara Tallman – held a management position in the Personnel Department at AMC's facilities in Kenosha. In addition to performing and supervising personnel activities, Calvin was the company's vanguard in seeking new opportunities for women and minorities while protecting the gains already made. During the course of the story Calvin is able to salvage two black men – keeping them in positions never before held by a person of color, and certainly not a female.

      By the mid-1980s Affirmative Action was taking its most harmful blows from the office of the President of the United States. The apparent irony is that the beginning place of Affirmative Action would ultimately lead to its end. Workers in every area of the American workforce quickly picked up the President's mantra to abandon government regulations, enforcement and found personal ways to express their frustration with Affirmative Action. Calvin Tallman – son of Pearl and grandson of Jacob and Clara Tallman – held a management position in the Personnel Department at AMC's facilities in Kenosha. In addition to performing and supervising personnel activities, Calvin was the company's vanguard in seeking new opportunities for women and minorities while protecting the gains already made. During the course of the story Calvin is able to salvage two black men – keeping them in positions never before held by a person of color, and certainly not a female.

    Author

    Adolphus A Ward

    AUTHOR PAGE Adolphus left a management position in the auto industry in 1984. After being passed over the second time for a promotion he decided he'd stop waiting for others to give him opportunities – instead he would create them. Near age 50, he decided to do what he really wanted to do for the rest of his life. His five children were adult and on their own – he was divorced. So he turned a property and some investments into cash, stuck the money in CDs and set out to become a professional fiction writer and actor. Already in community theatre since the early 1970s, he set out first to learn fiction writing. He learned to write fiction while working on his first Family Fiction novel, "Harvest The Dust." Since his Harvest publication, Adolphus has published each of the stories in the trilogy as an independent writer. Adolphus has held staff positions in business, industry, government, and education, and holds a MS Degree in education. He is now retired and living in Reseda, California and devotes his time to writing and acting. His first home is Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trilogy print-books are available at his website: www.adolphusward.net, and various book-fairs.

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