In Search of the Rabbit Man

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What makes a hero? Are they born or made?Do they have a choice?These are the questions that are asked and answered in thenovel, "In Search of the Rabbit Man." 1968 is a time of changeand loss and discovery: of finding new identities, new strengthsand new voices.The author notes, "This is a story of how people overcomedisappointment and loss and find a new beginning. It also showshow fear, rumors, and myths can dictate the human and socialbehavior of a community."The story opens in Dallas, Texas the week after the assassinationof Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., when a community is trying torecover and not revolt. A badly decomposed body is found ina new, middle class neighborhood and the citizens are tryinghard to overcome the stereotype that is applied to all blackneighborhoods that have faced the same situation.One young man, A twelve year old, goes on a quest to solve themystery and find the answers to the myth that has haunted theold community and is being repeated in the new. His quest leadshim to revelations of past and present events and the implicationsthat threaten the future.