Wood block print by Jef Gunn.

Cover art for paperback version of  The World of Patience Gromes drawn by Marianne Hanson



Row house in the Fulton neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. Detail of cover art for The World of Patience Gromes drawn by Marianne Hanson

The Road from Damascus
by Scott C. Davis
A work of popular history and adventure travel that surveys the entire sweep of Western and Near Eastern history over 4000 years' time.

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The World of Patience Gromes
by Scott C. Davis

In 1970, Patience Gromes was an 83 year old widow who lived on State Street in Fulton, one of the poorest neighborhoods of Richmond, Va.

This nonfiction narrative traces the life of Patience Gromes, her family, her neighbors from the War Between the States to the War on Poverty:

• Meet Patience's grandfather who escaped slavery 14 years before the Civil War.
• Experience the hard years of Reconstruction, the cruelty of De Jure Segregation, the triumph of Civil Rights.
• Probe the complexities and ironies of neighborhood life under urban renewal and the War on Poverty.

Winner of the Governor's Writers Award.
Praised by John E. Jacobs, as head of the National Urban League

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An Ear to the Ground: Presenting Writers from 2 Coasts
ed. by Scott C. Davis

This collection includes historical essays

Steven Schlesser on the Titanic
Jan Haag on Japanese Internment
John Felstiner on Kafka's last years
Arthur Quinn on Plymouth Rock
James Hall on San Quentin

Sample essays
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