SWAN SONG

About the Book

When Frederick Magee learned of the death of his former fiancee's father. he knew that his family life-with his now pregnant wife and ten-year-old daughter-would be in grave danger. Immediately, he makes plans to relocate his family out of town, to prevent his wife from learning of his infidelity with his former fiancee, which produced a son a year younger than his daughter. However, his domineering mother refuses to go along, and, also, to allow him to leave her and the business he manages for the family. To prevent her son's relocation efforts, she sets about exposing his past unfaithful deeds. Frederick and his mother, locked it a survival struggle, cause a violent injury resulting in her death.

About the Author

WILLIAM HAIRSTON is an Author, Playwright and Poet. His books include: THE WORLD OF CARLOS (novel); SEX AND CONFLICT (novel); HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA COUNCIL/BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA; SPACED OUT! (A SPACE ADVENTURE); SHOWDOWN AT SUNDOWN (Western novel); POETRY AND PROSE OF PASSION AND COMPASSION (collection); SWAN SONG (novel); IRA FREDERICK ALDRIDGE (THE LONDON CONFLICT) (Play, non-fiction). His produced plays include: WALK IN DARKNESS (NYC); SWANSONG OF THE 11TH DAWN (NYC); IRA ALDRIDGE (THE LONDON CONFLICT), the winner of the Group theatre?s Playwriting Award, (Seattle, WA, 1987-1988); DOUBLE DARE (Theatre Festival,Washington, DC); BLACK ANTIGONE,(NC). He has had poems published in anthologies and magazines. He developed, published and edited the DC PIPELINE (Washington, DC Government employees newspaper, 40,000 monthly circulation); National Radio News Editor and Correspondent (for the DNC Presidential Campaign of 1968 - Nation wide); He wrote movie and TV scripts for the U.S. Information Agency, including; APOLLO-11 MAN ON THE MOON; TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; MEDIA HORA; JULES VERNE vs. REAL FLIGHT TO THE MOON; CHICAGO-PORTRAIT OF A CITY; and many more. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literary Grant and a Ford Foundation Theatre Fellowship. He graduated from the University of Northern Colorado, BA, (Greeley), and took additional writing courses at Columbia and New York Universities. Visit his electronic published works on the World Wide Web: SPACED OUT!: A SPACE ADVENTURE, SHOWDOWN AT SUNDOWN and IRA FREDERICK ALDRIDGE (THE LONDON CONFLICT) at www.1stbooks.com or www.1stlibrary.com. Also, SEX AND CONFLICT and The above books at www.iUniverse.com or Barnes & Noble.com and in book stores.