Southern Exposure - Romance, Misgivings and Tragedy in the Big Easy - John Latka

Two impovished, fatherless families, parented by Joan Adams in New Orleans and Charlotte Kingston in Fayetteville, NC struggle mightily during the great depression to raise a family while surrounded by crime, corruption and bigotry. Jimmy Joe Adams and Rico Alverez, juvenile criminals preying on the elderly at night, are arrested and face either jail time or a stint in the army.The boys end up fighting the German army during WWII in Belgium. Jimmy Joe survives but Rico dies saving his life. After..