I would like to share a new book with you called The Cockfight by Frank Abrams. I received a copy of the book in exchange for this review. Inside this post is my affiliate links. If you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage from the products you purchase.
This book is about a teacher who was accused by a student of doing something which caused him to lose everything he had. In the story every main character in the book has a nickname and the main character becomes known as teach,
The book is full of suspense and drama and will keep you on your toes. Once I finished the book David read it as well and he enjoyed the story quite a bit. I can’t wait to share the book with my brother in law Mike who loves this genre of books.
About the Book:
THE COCKFIGHT is a story about injustice and redemption. Although it is fiction, many of the facts concerning both the law and its application are or were authentic at the time the story was set, and are still factual.
The sad part is that in many situations, there is or has been little remedy for the wrongs that have been perpetrated against innocent people. We live in a society that is quick to judge but slow to recognize the fact that individuals are presumed to be innocent, and that it is the burden of the Government to prove guilt.
Further, there is little or no accountability or acceptance of responsibility when things go wrong. We live in an imperfect society where ideas and ideals relating to “justice,” are merely aims that are rarely reached. In the so called “Land of the Free,” American prisons are filled with more prisoners per capita than virtually every other country, the American prison population has grown five hundred percent in the last forty years. The operative assumption is that once charged, always guilty.
What’s even worse is that we continue to punish offenders even after they are released. With felony records, there is no real way that they will ever obtain meaningful work or be allowed to become productive members of society. Once placed on such lists as the “sex offender registry,” a person’s productive life is in essence over, even if that placement was in error.
I wrote THE COCKFIGHT to illustrate what can happen when things go wrong. It is my hope that the message in this book leads to both a change in both attitude and action, that injustice will no longer be tolerated and a fair, honest and just system, take its place.
The book is fiction and any resemblance to individuals, either living or dead, is a mere coincidence. Further, the names have no bearing to any living person or persons.
The Author, Frank Abrams, is a licensed attorney in both North Carolina and Florida. He has practiced federal and state criminal law during his entire thirty-seven year career, and is a published author. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Christina, and they have two grown children, Emily and Richard. Besides writing, he has an interest in old time banjo, photography.
Meet the Author: Frank Abrams
Frank Abrams is an author, lawyer in two states, North Carolina and Florida, inventor and holder of U.S. Patent 6,156,960 (The Banjo-Tam). He has an interest in photography and photographic related items and is credited with finding the only known picture of Billy The Kid along with the man who killed him, Pat Garrett.
He is the creator and founding administrator of The Old And Rare Camera Collector Page on Facebook. He also has an interest in old time banjo and his patent is for musical instruments with tambourines, one of invented instruments was previously offered for sale in The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Catalog. His wife and him live in Asheville, North Carolina, and they have two grown children, Emily and Richard.
“THE COCKFIGHT by Frank Abrams is a good read, the book held my attention from beginning to end. I became aware of the injustices in or “justice system,” and how it frequently piles misery upon misery on the already miserable. I made the acquaintance of a remarkable group of people at the bottom of our social hierarchy, a population living under a bridge.” Robin Levin, author of DEATH OF CARTHAGE.
THE COCKFIGHT is my second book. It is a book about injustice and redemption, and tells the story of Teach, Preach, Amos and others who have suffered or are suffering injustice and are relegated to living homeless under a bridge. Although the book is fiction, many of the facts concerning the both the law and its application are or were authentic at the time the story was set, and are still factual.
The sad part is that in many situations, there is or has been little remedy for the wrongs that have been perpetrated against innocent people. We live in a society that is quick to judge but slow to recognize the fact that individuals are presumed to be innocent, and that it is the burden of the Government to prove guilt.
Further, there is little or no accountability, or acceptance of responsibility, when things go wrong. We live in an imperfect society where ideas and ideals relating to “justice,” are merely aims that are rarely reached. In the so called “Land of the Free,” American prisons are filled with more people per capita that virtually very other country, the American prison population has grown five hundred percent in the last forty years. The operative assumption is that once charged, always guilty.
What’s even worse is that we continue to punish offenders even after they are released. With felony records, there is no real way that they will ever obtain meaningful work or be allowed to become productive members of society. Once placed on such lists as the “sex offender registry,” a person’s productive live is in essence over, even if that placement was in error.
I wrote THE COCKFIGHT to illustrate what can happen when things go wrong. It is my hope that the message in this book leads to both a change in attitude and in action, that injustice will no longer be tolerated, and a fair, honest, and just system take its place.
The book is fiction and any resemblance to individuals, either living or dead, is a mere coincidence. Further, the names have no bearing or relation to any living person or persons.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
