Chuck Schulthies Jr.

A teacher tries to overcome his frustration teaching a high-school that seems to be full of flunkies.

Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling stroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life back together and deal with family problems.

A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.