SOLD

About the Book

If you came home from work one day and found that your teenage son had been stolen from home to be held hostage by persons unknown. But, you had some idea of who may have authorized the taking of your son and where they may have taken him to be held for ransom. What would you do?

Historical slave ship manifest indicate that 15 to 50 million West African nation residents were taken captive between AD 1500 and AD 1865 to be sold into slavery in the Americas. But, nowhere in history does it indicate that any West African family ever attempted to rescue their loved ones from the clutches of the slavers.

The SOLD story describes how a West African family, with all the necessary where-with-all, went after the hostage takers and rescued their son.

About the Author

Maurice A. Ward, a native of Phoenix, Arizona, recently retired from 37 years of Federal Government service. These years included 20 years as a Weatherman and the first African-American Weather Instructor at the National Weather Service Technical Training Academy in Kansas City, Missouri and 17 years as a Civil Rights Manager for the National Marine Fisheries Service in Washington, D.C. During which time, Mr. Ward received several Federal Service and Unit Citations, Outstanding Awards including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Unusually Outstanding Award and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bronze Medal.

Mr. Ward most recently was a Youth Case Manager for the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections but is presently the President and CEO of the local Special Friends Youth Mentoring Program, Inc. He is also the Phoenix Commander of the Elks Antlered Guard of IBPOE of W. and the receiver of the 100 Black Men’s Special Achievement Award and the Arizona NAACP’s Community Service Award.