A. Robert Allen is a longtime New York City college administrator with a lifelong passion for writing. When he traced his family tree back hundreds of years and uncovered roots that were white, black, Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish, the seed of a story began to grow. Failed Moments is a fictional account of the exploits of his ancestors during racially charged periods in the past.
Failed Moments (Historical Fiction): The Slavery and Beyond Series
by A. Robert Allen
Patrick Walsh relives his Failed Moments in two past lives in order to salvage his modern day existence. Can he correct the mistakes of his past? Patrick travels back to:˃˃˃ The French Caribbean in 1790- Just Before the Slave RevolutionBiracial plantation owner Patrice Beaumont is known as a “kinder” slave master committed to ending...
A former slave gets his dream job working on the Brooklyn Bridge project, but becomes a pawn in a battle involving the gangs of Irishtown and the corrupt Metropolitan Police. Will his special physical abilities help him survive or will his awkward social deficits prove to be too much to overcome?˃˃˃ 1863 Weeksville, BrooklynThe free...
Stay and fight or cut and run? Young Bodee Rivers can save so many from a terrible fate, but he must find the courage to act.˃˃˃ 1904 New York City- Bodee Rivers, who has always avoided major challenges in his life, moves to the most dangerous block in the city, MINETTA LANE. Police in pursuit of criminals often give up the chase as they...
Rejected by his race. Hunted by the Klan. Jimmy Montgomery can no longer live in the middle. LIVING IN THE MIDDLE is a powerful African American historical novel based on the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.˃˃˃ New York/Tulsa- 1918 - 1921:Jimmy Montgomery comes from old New York money and grows up among the Manhattan elite. At the age of...
James Montgomery fails in business but succeeds in love with a woman from the other side of the tracks in racially divided Tulsa. An unorthodox proposal offers a financial solution at a great personal cost. Will he accept it? 1896, New York City/Tulsa: James Montgomery II, a 35-year-old Manhattan playboy, discovers that his family’s...
Slavery and Beyond: The Complete Series Collection
by A. Robert Allen
Experience the NYC Draft Riots of 1863, the building of the Brooklyn Bridge (1883), the General Slocum Steamship Disaster (1904), and the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 through the eyes of passionate heroes.400+ reviews on Amazon and Goodreads with an average rating of 4.4. ˃˃˃ Failed Moments, Volume #1Patrick Walsh relives his Failed Moments...
Dustin Murphy’s blocked memory of childhood trauma is the key to unravelling a modern-day threat. Can he remember in time to prevent disaster?Haunted by the ghosts of his childhood, Dustin doesn’t understand why he is so disconnected to the world. His mother suggests he may find answers by studying their family’s past, which takes him...
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A. Robert Allen is a longtime New York City college administrator with a lifelong passion for writing. When he traced his family tree back hundreds of years and uncovered roots that were white, black, Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish, the seed of a story began to grow. Failed Moments is a fictional account of the exploits of his ancestors during racially charged periods in the past.
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