The Record That Woke, (Paperback)

<p><strong>THE RECORD THAT WOKE</strong> arrives as a rare literary achievement - a single volume containing <strong>three fully realized versions of the same story</strong>: a <strong>Pulitzer-caliber novel</strong>, a <strong>stage play of searing theatrical precision</strong>, and an <strong>Oscar-ready feature film screenplay</strong> that transforms the narrative into pure cinematic force.</p><p>Set against the charged moral landscape of Pittsburgh, this work traces a twenty-four-year reckoning ignited by a buried municipal record - a document that should have died quietly but instead becomes the fuse for a family's battle against erasure, power, and the machinery of convenience. The novel delivers the emotional architecture: intimate, unflinching, and steeped in generational memory. The stage play sharpens that architecture into confrontation - a chamber of truth where characters collide with the systems that shaped them. The screenplay expands the story into a sweeping, visual epic, crafted with the momentum, structure, and emotional voltage of an <strong>Oscar-winning adaptation</strong>.</p><p>Together, these three forms create a single, immersive experience: a story that can be <strong>read</strong>, <strong>performed</strong>, and <strong>filmed</strong> - each version revealing new dimensions of the same truth. This is not just a book; it is a complete artistic ecosystem, a blueprint for page, stage, and screen.</p><p><strong>The Record That Woke</strong> stands as a bold contribution to American storytelling - a work of memory, resistance, and narrative innovation that refuses to be forgotten. It asks what happens when a nation's celebration of sport collides with the unfinished business of race and power. Written with the emotional force of <em>Roots</em> and the precision of a legal thriller, <em>The Record That Woke</em> transforms a local injustice into a national reckoning.</p>

• The Record That Woke, (Paperback)
• Author: Koger and Koger
• ISBN: 9798235662988
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-04-15
• Page Count: 364