A gripping page-turner about a professor who uncovers a shocking secret about the most famous American composer of all time. Determined to uncover the truth and right history’s wrongs, Bern Hendricks will stop at nothing to finally give a young, unknown Black composer named Josephine Reed the recognition she deserves.

About the Author: Brendan Nicholaus Slocumb was raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and holds a degree in music education (with concentrations in violin and viola) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For more than twenty years he has been a public and private school music educator and has performed with orchestras throughout the Northeast. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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