Fuhrer's Heart: AN AMERICAN STORY [Paperback]

James D. Ward (Author)

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Publication Date: April 25, 2007

"Fuhrer¿s Heart: An American Story" is a suspense thriller set in the New Orleans academic world and inspired by the David Duke era in Louisiana politics. Full of suspicious deaths, action, conspiracies, and sex; the author adds to this tumultuous mix a

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James D. Ward, PhD P.O. Box 8601 Columbus, MS 39705 James D. Ward was born in Nettleton, Mississippi. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Mississippi in 1980 and a PhD in political science from the University o

Product Details

• Paperback: 134 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris (April 25, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 142572311X
• ISBN-13: 978-1425723118
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,879,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Academic Infiltration?, August 24, 2008

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Angelia Menchan "acvermen.blogspot.com" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fuhrer's Heart: AN AMERICAN STORY (Paperback)

Fuhrer's Heart: An American Story by James D. Ward has all the components for a thrilling, suspenseful story. Set in academia in the 1980s, the story touches on Affirmative Action, tenure and the changes going on within the African-American world of PhDs. Micheal Woods has a fresh new PhD in his hands and is being heavily recruited by colleges across the country. Michael chooses to accept a job at Orleans University in New Orleans. He is pleased by all the perks and the unusually high salary. What he does not know is that the perks come with a price. Everyone at Orleans is not happy to see him arrive on campus. Not much time will pass before he discovers that all that glitters is not necessarily gold.

Fuhrer's Heart tells a story of a young professor's fight not just for his career, but for his very life. There is murder, mayhem, backstabbing and an infiltration of a ruthless white supremacist organization. What stops the novel from being an on-the-edge of your seat page-turner is the pacing and how the novel within the span of a sentence can cover a range of months. With more development and back-story information the novel has the potential to be a thriller. Even with that, I recommend, Fuhrer's Heart: An American Story, to those readers who enjoy spare, narrative-driven storytelling.

Angelia Menchan
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