By Morning, Gone

Clyde Sheridan has spent seven years hauling luggage and swallowing indignities as a Pullman porter, saving every dollar for a seat at Howard University's law school. Now, on his final run from Los Angeles to Chicago in the summer of 1959, four thousand dollars vanishes from the mail car—and the railroad's security agent pins it on him. With forty-eight hours before his enrollment deadline, Clyde must unmask the real thief while serving passengers with a flawless smile, or lose the future he's bled to build.