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Frank Abrams is an author, lawyer in two states, North Carolina and Florida, inventor and holder of U.S. Patent 6,156,960 (The Banjo-Tam). He has an interest in photography and photographic related items and is credited with finding the only known picture of Billy The Kid along with the man who killed him, Pat Garrett. He is the creator and founding administrator of The Old And Rare Camera Collector Page on Facebook. He also has an interest in old time banjo and his patent is for musical instruments with tambourines, one of invented instruments was previously offered for sale in The Metropolitan Museum Of Art Catalog. His wife and him live in Asheville, North Carolina, and they have two grown children, Emily and Richard.
"THE COCKFIGHT by Frank Abrams is a good read, the book held my attention from beginning to end. I became aware of the injustices in or "justice system," and how it frequently piles misery upon misery on the already miserable. I made the acquaintance of a remarkable group of people at the bottom of our social hierarchy, a population living under a bridge." Robin Levin, author of DEATH OF CARTHAGE.
THE COCKFIGHT is my second book. It is a book about injustice and redemption, and tells the story of Teach, Preach, Amos and others who have suffered or are suffering injustice and are relegated to living homeless under a bridge. Although the book is fiction, many of the facts concerning the both the law and its application are or were authentic at the time the story was set, and are still factual.
The sad part is that in many situations, there is or has been little remedy for the wrongs that have been perpetrated against innocent people. We live in a society that is quick to judge but slow to recognize the fact that individuals are presumed to be innocent, and that it is the burden of the Government to prove guilt.
Further, there is little or no accountability, or acceptance of responsibility, when things go wrong. We live in an imperfect society where ideas and ideals relating to "justice," are merely aims that are rarely reached. In the so called "Land of the Free," American prisons are filled with more people per capita that virtually very other country, the American prison population has grown five hundred percent in the last forty years. The operative assumption is that once charged, always guilty.
What's even worse is that we continue to punish offenders even after they are released. With felony records, there is no real way that they will ever obtain meaningful work or be allowed to become productive members of society. Once placed on such lists as the "sex offender registry," a person's productive live is in essence over, even if that placement was in error.
I wrote THE COCKFIGHT to illustrate what can happen when things go wrong. It is my hope that the message in this book leads to both a change in attitude and in action, that injustice will no longer be tolerated, and a fair, honest, and just system take its place.
The book is fiction and any resemblance to individuals, either living or dead, is a mere coincidence. Further, the names have no bearing or relation to any living person or persons.
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