I Was A Champion Then: Fourteen stories about quiet injustice, small rebellions and restless hope - Couverture souple

Upon his death in 2012, Alfred A. Meyer left behind over 30,000 pages of unpublished writings going back to 1964. Most of the pages revolved around Meyer’s unfinished novel, but his son, writer Christopher Paul Meyer, also found fourteen short stories buried in the stacks of papers. Featuring harsh moments and quiet victories, uncensored memories and poetic honesty, the stories explore race and class, childhood and cruelty, art and baseball. Edited and introduced by Christopher Paul Meyer, the stories can now be presented to the public for the first time.

Alfred A. Meyer was a maritime lawyer until the collapse of the shipping industry. Supporting his family as a building manager, estate lawyer and legal gun-for-hire, he pursued a writing career in every spare moment he had. Upon his death in 2012, he left behind over 30,000 pages of unpublished writing going back to 1964. Most of the pages were drafts of his unpublished novel. The remaining pages were short works, now compiled into the collection I Was A Champion Then. His novel, Sparrow Street, is currently being edited for publication in 2017.