By the Tyronza River is a historical fiction about a sharecropper, W.L. Howard, from Twist Arkansas. W.L. is a proud black man living among the tumultuous times of World War II and the Japanese internment camps. Hardworking and charming to the ladies, Essie stole W.L.s heart. They struggle to raise their family, but never stop thinking about the secret they have kept for years. From Mississippi to Arkansas, to St. Louis, Missouri, and to New York and Italy, W.L. and his familys lives take different paths that could bring them closer or separate them forever.