The Hard Side of the River: A Novel of Abolition
In the Old South, freedom moves in kind hands and brave hearts … but justice only comes from the barrel of a gun.
The setting is Maysville, Kentucky, 1833—thirty years before the War Between the States will tear our fledgling nation asunder. But on the dusty roads just south of the freedom line, schoolteacher Dana Curbstone and preacher Cal Fenton have already begun their private war on the institution of slavery. When they conspire to smuggle escaped slave Jacob Pingram across the Maysvill... [Read More...]