BEGINNING WITH A PICKUP BASEBALL GAME, W.W. BROWN AND FLEET WALKER TANGLE LIKE HAPPY YOUNG LIONS. AT TIMES THEY BOTH ROAM AND ROAR THROUGH HARRISON AND LORAIN COUNTIES, OHIO. BORN DURING SLAVERY DAYS, EAGER WILLIAM WESLEY RISES TO BECOMEA LOCAL BUSINESS MAGNATE. FLEET LEAPS TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PLAYER, SIXTY YEARS BEFORE JACKIE ROBINSON, THEN BECOMES OWNER OF AN OPERA HOUSE. THE SOULS OF THESE TWO AND THEIR FAMILIES STREAM BY INSIDE A RIVEROF DEPTHS AND VALUES. HERE ARE THEIR INTRIGUING STORIES.



Born and reared in Ohio, Al Brown returns to the Midwest to capture thisvivid story of two "lions" from the land of his youth. Al built his professionalcareer in New York City and, later, in Philadelphia. After his retirementas senior executive in the federal government, Al turned to writing. In this biographical novel, he casts a shining light on two local, long-agoOhio heroes whose lives brushed against his own.