Blacker Than a Thousand Midnights Author:Susan Straight This is the story of a black firefighter and workingman trying to work the toughest turf of all: the straight and narrow. As his friends disappear around him - victims of the streets, of police dogs, of drugs, of an addiction to cheap thrills and guns - he struggles to establish his own business, facing a thousand midnights before he... more »'s home free, with a job that supports his young family.« less