Word: mailboxes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Prompted by notes left in his mailbox by an old crone, Jack Hind renews the quest he had abandoned for Hershey Laurel, a suburban family's kidnaped child. Curiously, the clues all lead to Hind's friends and then back to his own wife and child, whom he has neglected, and finally back to an exploration of himself. Hind, self-consciously tall at 6 ft. 7 in., does not know his own parents and was brought up by a guardian whose strict moral precepts still order his life. Perhaps this is why Hind gradually comes to think...
...That's true," his wife added. "Just two weeks ago, these kids threw firecrackers in the mailbox, and I called the police station, and it was a full forty-five minutes before anyone arrived...
...boys come into the room. One asks for his mailbox combination and is referred to a list on the wall. The other needs to open one of the back gates to the House. He is given the key, and told to be sure to lock the gate afterwards and bring the key back...
...listen, and listen tight. . . . " I can't tell you what a pleasure it was to open my mailbox this week and find John Wayne mounted on his faithful steed [Aug. 8] staring...
Unlike many Southern liberals who wish to be judged by the enemies they make, McGill was pained by the hatred he drew. His mailbox and front yard were bombed and raked by rifle fire. Telephoned threats often awoke him throughout the night. Crosses were burned outside his home. Redneck politicians drew votes by railing against "Rastus McGill," "Red Ralph (only a kaw-muh-nist talks like thet)" and "those lyin' Atlanta papers." McGill could detest the ideas of his enemies, but not the men themselves, nor could those who got to know him fail to respect...