Master Robert - Stevens, Robert L.
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Men are creatures of the time in which they live and take their color from the conditions that surround them, as the chameleon does from the grass or leaves in which it hides.-from Master Robert Life is unpredictable. Like a hurricane that descends without warning, it wreaks havoc, destroys fields and property, and brings peril to those in its wake. An event over which we have no control can dramatically affect our lives. Amos and Amelia, surrogate children of Robert Stafford, a wealthy planter from Cumberland Island, Georgia, grow from youth into adulthood during the Civil War. Master Robert…mehr

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Men are creatures of the time in which they live and take their color from the conditions that surround them, as the chameleon does from the grass or leaves in which it hides.-from Master Robert Life is unpredictable. Like a hurricane that descends without warning, it wreaks havoc, destroys fields and property, and brings peril to those in its wake. An event over which we have no control can dramatically affect our lives. Amos and Amelia, surrogate children of Robert Stafford, a wealthy planter from Cumberland Island, Georgia, grow from youth into adulthood during the Civil War. Master Robert is eccentric. He has Northern sympathies yet lives in the South, marries his mulatto slave, sires six children, and creates a "peculiar" society. His slaves have more freedom than those on any plantation in the South. The ominous and precipitous events of the war threaten his plantation and his life. Amos and Amelia, pulled like a riptide into this maelstrom, witness the evacuation of Fernandina, the largest naval invasion in US history, the burning of Master Robert's cotton shed, carry a message to a blockade runner, celebrate Jonkonnu, a slave holiday, and grieve at their mother's funeral. Master Robert captures the life and spirit of plantation society during the Civil War. "It is refreshing to see several current movies and books such as Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker, Lee Daniel's The Butler, and Master Robert all imparting the perspective of the slave or former slave. In the case of Master Robert we get the opportunity to see life on a plantation through the eyes and ears of slave twins, Amos and Amelia." -Mary Smith, Past President, Texas Social Studies Supervisor's Assocaition, member of the Texas Council for the Social Studies abd currently an educational concusltant.
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Robert L Stevens attended Indiana University at Fort Wayne Indiana and Mission College in San Fernando, California. He was the leader and lead singer for the popular Las Vegas show group The Checkmates Ltd who were voted by their peers, "Lounge Act of the Year many times. They were one of only two acts who appeared in the Lounge and the Main Showroom of Caesars Palace Hotel at the same time. He co-wrote the title song of the groups first charted single and album of the same name "Love Is All I have To Give' with iconic pop producer Phil Spector who produced the album He co-wrote and starred in the groups hit motion picture 'The Black Connection, Executive Produced and performed on the sound track album. He Co-Wrote and Produced the feature length motion picture "Gramma's Gold." and wrote and performed the original sound track. High Lights of their career: They were the opening act for Joan Rivers, at Kings Castle, North Shore Lake Tahoe, Don Rickles at the Copacabana in New York City and Frank Sinatra at the Oakland Alameda Coliseum in Oakland California and were chosen to perform the National Anthem at the 'Thrilla in Manila." Appeared on The Merv Griffin show, Dinah Shore Show, Ed. Sullivan Show, Sammy Davis Jr. Show, Dating Game, Johnny Carson Tonight Show and many others. Among his many business endeavors are; United Minority Enterprises, United Minority Artists, The Alternative Distribution System, Music, Film, & Internet distribution. This is his first novel.