![]() To say I was reticent was an understatement. ![]() He said, “If you could write a book about Noah's wife and make me believe that was what really happened, then you can tell the true stories of what happened here.” ![]() I had to ask him why he thought that qualified me. Three of them had been in the thick of happenings.Īs I sat at the polished hardwood table, I thought possibly they assumed I was a scholar of civil rights because I had recently written a book about the investigation of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that killed four young black girls in Birmingham in 1963 ( Last Chance for Justice), but to my surprise, the gentleman who invited me to that meeting said he had done so because of a totally different book, a historical novel set thousands of years in the past in ancient Turkey ( Noah's Wife). ![]() They had lived through pivotal nation-changing days. I look back on that day when I met them in the high-rise office of a prominent attorney. An note from the author on how this book came aboutįour men who loved the city of Birmingham, Alabama asked me to write a book. ![]() Thorne is a remarkable look at a historic city enmeshed in racial tensions, revealing untold or forgotten stories of secret deals, law enforcement intrigue, and courage alongside pivotal events that would sweep change across the nation. Behind the Magic Curtain: Secrets, Spies, and Unsung White Allies of Birmingham’s Civil Rights Days by T. ![]()
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