DICKIE
ERMAN
Dickie is a best-selling and award winning author, born in Detroit, Michigan and now living in California. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, Dickie began a law career devoted to representing the elderly and disadvantaged.
BOOKS
Antebellum Struggles
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After toiling in the Colonel's sugar cane fields, Amana’s brought into his mansion as a house servant for the Colonel and his wife, Collette. Collette's suspicions and jealousies arise, but are tempered from the guilt of her own infidelity. The field slave, Tabari, finally escapes but is hunted by two saddle tramps and the law. Throughout it all, the scalawag Doctor disrupts everyone's lives, managing to line his own pockets all the while. Set in and around New Orleans, this deeply moving tale of scandal, sex, and suspense follows the voyages of these very different characters in the 1850s.
Keeper of Slaves
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Keeper of Slaves is Book Two of the Antebellum Struggles series. The lives of the plantation owner, Colonel Trent Winters, his wife, Collette, the slaves, Tabari and Amana, and the myriad of other characters continue in this moving tale of slavery, lust and freedom. The Underground Railroad, Fugitive Slave Act, and their impact on the lives of citizens come to life in the 1850s era set in New Orleans and the Deep South.
SLAVES OF FOOLS
Coming Soon
"SLAVES OF FOOLS" (Book Three of the Antebellum Series) concludes the saga of the characters, and their individual, and sometimes collective, trials and tribulations. A surprising and suspenseful conclusion, to be sure! "Slaves of Fools" is expected to be released in July 2019
BIO
DICKIE
ERMAN
EDUCATION AND CAREER
“Dickie is a best-selling and award winning author, born in Detroit, Michigan and now living in California. After graduating from the University of California, Berkeley, Dickie began a law career devoted to representing the elderly and disadvantaged.
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REVIEWS
Dickie Erman masterfully switches view point and projects distinct character voices. There is love against lust, an abolitionist receiving money from a slave owner, and deception for personal gain throughout ... an incredibly graphic detailing of society at a time when power and violence ruled by the crack of a whip
The lives of the slaves are depicted primarily by the stories of two slaves - Amana, who was recently moved from the hot fields to become a house slave; and Tabari, who struggled with his loss of freedom. Dickie Erman ... paints a realistic picture of this abhorrent practice
... an eclectic mix of serious historical fiction and emotional melodrama ... a refreshing original take
Once I started reading I could not put it down [any] more than I could stop breathing
‘Realistic characters, dialogue, and setting lend an aura of authenticity to the evolving story, which also delves nicely into the rationale behind the structure fueling America's slave sysyem.’
D. DONOVAN, SENIOR REVIEWER, MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW
REVIEWS
Book Two by Dickie Erman is a historical fiction tale set in the pre-Civil War days of America in the South. This is the second part in a series of books based around the lives of some of the characters who live in New Orleans in the 1850s. The story introduces us to Trent, a plantation owner, and his wife, Collette. Trent has an affair with one of his slaves, Amana, and the resulting relationship dynamics of this are a major part of the story. There is also Senator Jeb Harrison and his wife Caroline where Jeb is having an affair of his own and Collette and Caroline are in a relationship. Then there's also the slave Tabari and his struggle for freedom, and the help given to him by some of the people around at the risk of their own lives. Besides these, there are several other characters and the story connects all of them in different ways as we read about their joys and triumphs, their sorrows, anxieties, and suffering, and of course the sheer horror and anguish of the slave life. I found Keeper of Slaves: Book Two to be an engrossing story and the characters are well developed, real and relatable. Most of these men and women are people that are easy to imagine as probably existing in those times. The characters have been portrayed with depth and detail and the writing itself is top-notch. I also appreciated that the book does not shy away from depicting the stark reality of slavery where possible. In fact, I hope that we see more of this in the future. Overall, this is an extremely well-written book that I would recommend reading
Gisela Dixon, READER’S FAVORITE Erman skillfully crafts a cast of characters who are deeply involved in making the Underground Railroad successful. The author appeals successfully to readers' emotions and describes incredibly intense scenes of fearful and anxious moments of planning as the book's main characters attempt to do what feels like the impossible given the time period and the extreme circumstances of their lives. I am beyond intrigued by the "ghost ship." I found it to be a fantastic addition to the plot and was able to visualize each and every aspect of the ship and its lack of life, the missing supplies, and the eerie and overwhelming silence. Fans of historical fiction who desire a bit of romance in their plots will enjoy Erman's work. I highly recommend Keeper of the Slaves, Antebellum Struggles Book 2 to those who are particularly attracted to Civil War stories with generous amounts of character interaction and authentic dialogue.