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Freedom Road

by Howard Fast · 1944

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"Howard Fast makes superb use of his material. ... Aside from its social and historical implications, Freedom Road is a high-geared story, told with that peculiar dramatic intensity of which Fast is a master." — Chicago Daily News

Genre
American Civil Warhistorical fiction
Themes
race
Setting
civil war19th centurySouth CarolinaUSA
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 294 pages

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