The Fiddler on Pantico Run:
An African Warrior, His White Descendants, a Search for Family

Joe Mozingo
Free Press: 304 pp, $25.99

Joe Mozingo's captivating debut, "The Fiddler on Pantico Run: An African Warrior, His White Descendants, a Search for Family," had the luxury of slowly developing as a series in the Los Angeles Times before being rewritten in book form. One wonders why more books don't start out like this, because the nonfiction story unfolds like an adventure novel.