Young Frank Dalton must transcend his tragic childhood through the inspiration of his famous kin BACK OFF I’M A DALTON tells the story of a young Frank Dalton growing up in the bygone era of the post-sharecropper south. His story is full of contrasts from a loving and nurturing grandmother, to an embittered, loveless mother who treated Frank as not much better than an indentured servant, with no laws in place to protect him from her physical and emotional abuse. Learning that Dalton blood flowed in his veins and evenings spent with his grandmother’s readings of the Dalton gang’s exploits, the young Frank Dalton found his strength to endure his own person hardships. It also inspired his yearning for adventure in the west away from the small, petty, and cruel realities that threatened to destroy his spirit. This book transports the reader into two American eras of the old west and the post-sharecropper south with a richness that evokes its time like the writings of the Grapes of Wrath. We take a journey with a young hero who must rise above the gravity that would pull him into hopelessness and the depression of his circumstances and finally finds redemption, healing, and love.
