![]() Set during the American Civil War, Black Cloud Rising is a novelization of the life of Richard Etheridge and the African Brigade, a regiment comprised of freed slaves who campaigned against Confederate hold-outs in coastal North Carolina during the Civil War. Louis-Dispatch Best Book of 2001.Īway Running was named an Outstanding International Book by the US Board on Books for Young People and was selected by the Junior Library Guild and the Texas Library Association for its high school reading lists. ![]() ![]() Amarillo’s community reading program, AMARILLO READS, returns in March with a focus on books by award-winning author and former Texas Panhandle resident, David Wright Faladé.ĭavid Wright Faladé is the author of three books: the narrative history Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers, the young adult novel Away Running, and most recently, Black Cloud Rising.įire on the Beach was a New Yorker notable selection and a St. ![]()
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