A Story of Friendship
It is April 1865. The South had been devastated by the most brutal war ever fought in the Western Hemisphere. Out of the ruin we follow the lives of two unlikely characters – Samuel Moore, a newly freed slave and Bill Judy, a recently discharged Confederate soldier. Fate links them and they travel together across the deep south and the American frontier in pursuit of a dream. This is an intense story of true friendship filled with unforgettable characters. Their relationship moves from mutual necessity to friendship to brotherhood.
“Bill Judy begins near Appomattox immediately after the Civil War. Bennett creates a story about friendship whose unlikely characters face all facets of human emotion including love and hate, loyalty and deceit, hope, discrimination, torture and murder.”
“This is RW Bennett’s finest book yet. It is a gripping story of friendship that brings into focus the terrible hardships black Americans faced in the years following the Civil War. It tells of the bond between the two men and how they sacrificed for each other and supported each other through good times and bad. A real eye opening. Well worth the read.”