<Tab/>Both James McBride, the author of The Color of Water, and Nathan McCall, the author of Makes Me Wanna Holler, are black men who grew up during the sixties and seventies where the average black male had few choices for a good future. Even though these two authors had their skin color in common, they both lead very different lives. <Tab/>In the first chapter of …showed first 75 words of 1149 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1149 total…where he is today. James McBride, on the other hand, was a part of a mixed family, one of twelve children, raised pretty much only by his mother, in a small house with very little money. He went through a short period of rebellion, ended up with masters degree in journalism and became a writer. I think these to men's lives are a good illustration of the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover".