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From the Mind of
John DeSimone
Invitation to Join My Book Launch Team |
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It’s 1968, and a strike by field workers in the grape fields has ripped an otherwise quiet central California town down the middle. Jack Duncan is a Delano high school senior who is on his way to earning a baseball scholarship, hoping to escape the turmoil infesting his town. His mother has kept from him the real cause of his father’s death, who was a prominent grower.
But when an old friend hands Jack evidence indicating his father was murdered, he is compelled to dig deeper. This throws him and his best friend and teammate, Adrian Sanchez, whose father is a striking field worker, into the labor conflict led by Cesar Chavez.
Road to Delano is the path Jack and Adrian must take to find their strength, their duty, and their destiny.
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I'm looking for readers to join my
Book Launch Team
Dear Friends,
I'm excited to announce my forthcoming book, Road to Delano. The book will be officially launched on March 10, in Los Angeles. But before then I need your help. I'm forming a book launch team, and I would like to invite you to join.
Joining the team has few requirements. If you've never been involved in a book launch, it's an exciting adventure. All I can tell you is that books don't sell themselves. More books are sold on personal recommendations than any other way. That's why I'm reaching out to you.
If you want to become a member of my Launch Team, hit the button below. Everything you will need to know will come to your inbox.
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The action of my novel covers just a moment, a three-month sliver of time in 1968, centered around a series of events that passed into history soon enough. But those events should not be forgotten. That's the power of historical fiction, to bring to life through a character's emotional stakes, historic moments that quickly dissolved into the past. Cesar Chavez's fast for non-violence possessed the same historic import as the Birmingham Campaigns for non-violence in 1963. The very high profile lunch-counter sit-ins had demonstrated the power of non-violence social action to overcome entrenched attitudes of racism and segregation.
Cesar Chavez's use of non-violence was novel and intuitive. His fast's intention wasn't to stop the growers from violent acts but to convince the farm workers that non-violence was the only path to victory. The story is about courage in the face of great odds and was a joy to research and write.
If you've joined, the team, thank you. I will be in touch with you shortly on how you can help spread the word, and we'll enjoy this journey together.
John DeSimone
Claremont, California
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What some early readers are saying about Road to Delano |
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One of the wisest founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin once said, "Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
I've worked hard to write something worth reading. But ultimately you, the reader, will decide if that is true or not.
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There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence
Caesar Chavez |
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