Overview
Emmett Till took a train from his home in Chicago to visit family in Money, Mississippi; a few weeks later he returned home dead. Murdered because he was a colored boy and had, allegedly, whistled at a white woman. His mother, Mamie Till, chose to display her sonās brutalized face in a glass-topped casket, āso the world can see what they did to my baby.ā
Emmett Tillās murder and his motherās refusal to allow his story to be forgotten have become American legends. But one darkly significant twist in the Till legend is rarely mentioned: Louis Till, Emmettās father, Mamieās husband, a soldier during World War II, was executed in Italy for committing rape and murder.
In 1955, when he and Emmett were each only fourteen years old, Wideman saw a horrific photograph of dead Emmettās battered face. Decades later, upon discovering that Louis Till had been court-martialed and hanged, he was impelled to investigate the tragically intertwined fates of father and son. Writing to Save a Life is āpart exploration and part meditation, a searching account of [Widemanās] attempt to learn more about the short life of Louis Tillā (The New York Times Book Review) and shine light on the truths that have remained in darkness.
Wideman, the author of the award-winning Brothers and Keepers, āis a master of quiet meditationā¦and his book is remarkable for its insight and powerā (SFGate). An amalgam of research, memoir, and imagination, Writing to Save a Life is essential and āimpressiveā (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) readingāan engaging, enlightening conversation between generations, the living and the dead, fathers and sons.
This book title, Writing to Save a Life (The Louis Till File) - 9781501147296, ISBN: 9781501147296, by John Edgar Wideman, published by Scribner (October 3, 2017) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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