{"product_id":"new-roads-to-old-places-9798999946126","title":"New Roads to Old Places","description":"\u003cp\u003eA segregated state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fundamentalist school.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA youthful trio of clever, mischievous buddies daring to play a game of truth and consequences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in Montgomery, Alabama, during the 1950s and '60s, this razor-sharp novel is a coming-of-age tale of bold, defiant teenager Pip and his pals who question and baffle unconscionable authority in the most restrictive school, in the most pivotal city, in one of America's most turbulent times. How do they find the good path in a world stacked against goodness? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Philip Norris, Ph.D., born in 1948, spent his formative years in Montgomery, the place that transformed from the \"Cradle of the Confederacy\" to the \"Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement.\" Young Norris had a unique, contemporaneous, front-row perspective at ground zero of change. For example, he was able to eavesdrop on nation-changing political conversations between his father, a labor union executive, and his dad's friend, noted human rights lawyer Clifford Durr, the attorney who got Rosa Parks out of jail in 1955. This, a first novel, explores the poignancy and challenges of that incongruous, landmark era. The fast-paced, well-plotted tale will remind readers how Dickens and Twain treated serious topics with equal parts humor and blunt honesty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Phillip E. Norris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Portals Press LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798999946126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNorris, Phillip E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Phillip graduated from the University of Alabama with an undergraduate degree in Communication and a Master's degree in Social Work. He then earned degrees in Education and Applied Behavioral Science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and he was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University. He is the recipient of the Rush Silver Medal award from the American Psychiatric Association, a legislative citation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and he wrote a syndicated series for the Los Angeles Times. He was the President of the South Alabama Institute and the Director of the University of South Alabama Baldwin County, a regional campus of the University of South Alabama, for 25 years.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Phillip E. Norris \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792894673053,"sku":"9798999946126","price":39.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_4764aa66-d2bf-4411-aab3-8d00d6b45569.jpg?v=1774984440","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/new-roads-to-old-places-9798999946126","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}