Racehoss: Big Emma's Boy

Synopsis

A Timeless Classic (san Antonio Express-news) About A Black Man Who Spent Seventeen Years On A Brutal Texas Prison Plantation And Underwent A Remarkable Transformation. First Published In 1984, Racehoss: Big Emma's Boy Is Albert Race Sample's Unforgettable (the Dallas Morning News) Tale Of Resilience, Revelation, And Redemption. From Being Raised By A Hard-drinking Black Prostitute Who Refused To Let Her Mixed-race Son Call Her Mama To Seventeen Years Of Incarceration, Many Of Them Spent Picking Cotton In An All-black Prison Plantation Known As The Burnin' Hell, To A Profound Spiritual Awakening In Solitary Confinement And A New Life, Sample's Remarkable Experiences Are Shocking, Vital, And Moving. With New Stories That Had Been Edited Out Of The First Edition, A Foreword By Texas Attorney And Writer David R. Dow, And An Afterword By Sample's Widow, Carol, This New Edition Of Racehoss: Big Emma's Boy Offers A More Complete Picture Of This Extraordinary Time In America's Recent Past. Albert Race Sample.