Blackhorse Road - For Release July 21, 2020
It's the turbulent mid-1960s, and Luci, an eighteen-year-old Southern California girl, is on the quest for self-determination and new beginnings. Three powerful forces influence her values: the grit of her Irish great-grandmother, Lucinda McCormick; the philosophy of choice of her father, Sam; and the 1960s ideals of equity and altruism. But potent foes thwart Luci at every turn. Her budding romance with a handsome United States Air Force Academy cadet sets the stage for conflict and deception that last for two decades. A betrayal set into motion by someone she should have been able to trust plunges her into despair. When Luci discovers how her autonomy and her love affair were hijacked, she struggles with anger and bitterness. But from a surprising source, she finds a forgiveness path that restores her well-being and hope and, in the end, faith in herself.
Several resources were used to provide historical or geographical context. Below is a partial list categorized by topic.
Buffalo, New York
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Fox, W. 2017. Segregation Along Highway Lines: How the Kensington Expressway Reshaped Buffalo, New York. https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/content/dam/arts-sciences/history/documents/FINAL-Segregation-Along-Highway-Lines-by-Will-Fox.pdf
Cazenovia Park http://www.pbs.org/wned/frederick-law-olmsted/learn-more/olmsteds-buffalo-park-system-and-its-stewards/
California
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Fairmont Park https://www.kcet.org/socal-focus/olmsted-planned-park-in-inland-california-lives-on
Dick Dale and the Del Tones http://mizging.blogspot.com/2012/02/first-dance.html
Canada
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Marsh, John. 1995. With the Tide. With The Tide Recollections and Anecdotal Histories of the Town of Amherstburg and the Lower Detroit River District. Marsh Collection Society.
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Carousel History
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Carousel music http://music.carouselstores.com/
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Irish Immigration
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Justice, Social and Women's Movements and Issues
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Pollitt, Katha. May 1997. Abortion in America History. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1997/05/abortion-in-american-history/376851/
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Moses, Paul. The Catholic Church's Hidden Shame: Priests Abused Grown Women, Too. The Daily Beast. https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-catholic-churchs-hidden-shame-priests-abused-grown-women-too
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Prohibition & Bootlegging in Windsor, Ontario https://www.tidridge.com/uploads/3/8/4/1/3841927/bootlegging_in_windsor.pdf
Space Cadet Walkie Talkie https://www.hakes.com/Auction/ItemDetail/91362/TOM-CORBETT-SPACE-CADET-ELECTRONIC-INTER-PLANET-2-WAY-PHONE-BOXED-WALKIE-TALKIE-SET
A shame filled prison—inside the maternity homes that forced teen moms to give away their babies.https://www.thelily.com/a-shame-filled-prison-inside-the-maternity-homes-that-forced-teen-moms-to-give-away-their-babies/
United States Air Force Academy
Banning, Earl. 2010. The Effect of Homesickness on Air Force Academy Cadets. PCOM Psychology Dissertations. Paper 155.
Mitchel., Vance. 1996. Air Force Officers Personnel Policy Development 1944-1974. Air Force History and Museums Program United States Air Force Washington, D.C. 1996
Do, James Joon Woo. 2015. Crossing Into the Blue: Cadet Culture and Officer Development at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Sociology Graduate Theses & Dissertations. 50. https://scholar.colorado.edu/socy_gradetds/50