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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Eden Hunterdi Skip Horack
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This novel presents a fascinating story of a man born in Africa, sold into slavery, who escapes his owner in America and flees to Spanish-owned Florida in the early 1800s, where he encounters a fort manned by runaway slaves intent on defending their freedom. However, this effort is undermined by opposing American forces and leads to disaster for many of the former slaves. While this novel offers a vivid picture of nature, history, and the events, the writing failed to truly draw me into the story and care about the fate of the characters. A good story, but I did not find it to be an engaging one. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
"In 1816, five years after being captured and sold into slavery, Kau, a pygmy tribesman, flees south into the Florida wilderness, determined to find a place where he can once again live in harmony with nature. Both haunted and driven by his memories of Africa, he embarks on an epic quest through the treacherous pinewoods, swamps, and river bottoms of the southern frontier. He encounters renegades and thieves, traitors and mercenaries, and the dark prophetic magic of the forest before he finally finds himself within the walls of a remote fort on the Apalachicola River. There, he becomes the reluctant companion of several hundred runaway slaves once recruited by the British to fight in the War of 1812, then abandoned to fend for themselves against the American forces intent on destroying their remarkable stronghold. Inspired by actual events, and at times both violent and beautiful, The Eden Hunter provides a fascinating glimpse at a forgotten, bloody chapter in our nation's history through the eyes of one truly remarkable hero"--Cover, p. 4. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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