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BEGINNING WITH A PICKUP BASEBALL GAME, W.W. BROWN AND FLEET WALKER TANGLE LIKE HAPPY YOUNG LIONS. AT TIMES THEY BOTH ROAM AND ROAR THROUGH HARRISON AND LORAIN COUNTIES, OHIO. BORN DURING SLAVERY DAYS, EAGER WILLIAM WESLEY RISES TO BECOME A LOCAL BUSINESS MAGNATE. FLEET LEAPS TO MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PLAYER, SIXTY YEARS BEFORE JACKIE ROBINSON, THEN BECOMES OWNER OF AN OPERA HOUSE. THE SOULS OF THESE TWO AND THEIR FAMILIES STREAM BY INSIDE A RIVER OF DEPTHS AND VALUES. HERE ARE THEIR INTRIGUING STORIES. Born and reared in Ohio, Al Brown returns to the Midwest to capture this vivid story of two "lions" from the land of his youth. Al built his professional career in New York City and, later, in Philadelphia. After his retirement as senior executive in the federal government, Al turned to writing. In this biographical novel, he casts a shining light on two local, long-ago Ohio heroes whose lives brushed against his own.