Evanston, IL: TriQuarterly Books / Northwest University Press. 1997. The third and most ambitious novel by this highly praised - but not well-known - African American writer. Originally published in 1979, this is the story of the history of one African American family - and of all of them. This novel received the Carl Sandburg Literary Arts Award and in 1991 he received the first TriQuarterly Award in recognition of his entire body of work. 774 pp. ISBN: 0-8101-50654.