Chariot on the Mountain (eBook)

Jack Ford (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
320 Seiten
Kensington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4967-1311-7 (ISBN)

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A formerly enslaved woman's remarkable story of pressing charges on her captors is vividly captured in this historical novel based on true events.Two decades before the Civil War, middle-class farmer Samuel Maddox lies on his deathbed. Elsewhere in his Virginia home, a young woman named Kitty knows her life is about to change. Not only is she is kept by the Maddox family as a slave, she is also Samuel's daughter. But after his death, Samuel's wife Mary grants Kitty and her children their freedom.Helped by Quaker families along the Underground Railroad, Mary travels with them to Pennsylvania to file emancipation papers. But Kitty is not yet safe. Dragged back to Virginia by a gang of slave catchers led by Samuel's own nephew, Kitty takes a defiant step: charging the younger Maddox with kidnapping and assault.On the surface, the charge appears hopeless. But Kitty has allies-Mary, and Fanny Withers, a socialite who secures a lawyer. The sensational trial that follows will decide the fate of Kitty and her children-and bond three extraordinary yet very different women together in their quest for justice."e;Ford does an excellent job portraying the warring factions of the time: those in the South who wanted to preserve their way of life, and those who felt slavery was unjust."e; -Publishers Weekly

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.8.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 19th Century America • 19th century south • African American • african american books • african american fiction • African American History • African American literature • african american novels • Alternate History • American Civil War • American History • American Literature • american slavery • Antebellum South • Biographical Fiction • biographical novel • books fiction • books historical fiction • Christian Fiction • Civil War • Classic • Drama • emancipated slaves • Emancipation • Fiction • fiction books • freed people of color • Historical • historical epic • historical fiction • historical fiction books • historical fiction novels • Historical Novel • historical novels • literary fiction • marriage • Mystery • Novels • Race • Romance • slave biographies • slave holders • slave literature • slavers • slave states • Thomas Jefferson • Underground Railroad • war
• ISBN-10: 1-4967-1311-7 / 1496713117
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4967-1311-7 / 9781496713117