Hayes says, “Even at that point, Mildred had in her mind that she was going to bring this story all the way into Cassie’s adult years and that she would ultimately become a lawyer and join the civil rights movement.” Taylor went on to author six more books at Dial after Hayes left for Viking.
But when Roll of Thunder came in, it was this fully realized, rich novel with just wonderful storytelling and characters that captured you. Hayes, who was at Dial Press at the time, recalls by telephone, “The first book was an illustrated storybook for middle readers. Taylor’s five-book saga has centered around the Logans, an African American family in Mississippi, spanning more than 40 years it includes Song of the Trees (1975), the Newbery Award–winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (1976), the Coretta Scott King Award–winning Let the Circle Be Unbroken (1981), The Road to Memphis (1990), and The Land (2001), a series prequel.Īll the Days Past, All the Days To Come reunited Taylor with Viking editor Regina Hayes, who acquired and edited Song of the Trees after it won a Council on Interracial Books writing contest.
Taylor’s Cassie Logan series, Cassie is now a young woman experiencing love and loss amid the unfolding of the civil rights movement. In All the Days Past, All the Days To Come (Viking, Jan.
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