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    Gideon's Call: A Novel
    Gideon's Call: A Novel
    Gideon's Call: A Novel
    Audiobook10 hours

    Gideon's Call: A Novel

    Written by Peter Leavell

    Narrated by Barrie Buckner

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Peter Leavell's award-winning debut novel is a touching and inspiring tale of surprising heroism amid the horrors of the Civil War. Tad, a slave boy of exceptional hidden gifts, comes of age just as the Civil War erupts in coastal South Carolina. An unlikely deliverer, the young man's hopes remain buried under a crushing weight of abuse and degradation until an extraordinary event thrusts him and 10,000 fellow slaves into an uncharted wilderness of freedom and danger. Based on true events, Gideon's Call immerses listeners in the slave culture of the antebellum South and propels you on a dramatic journey of hope, discovery, faith, and triumph. It is the story of a remarkable young man who, in the face of unimaginable obstacles, overcomes shame and prejudice to emerge a champion of thousands.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOasis Audio
    Release dateDec 30, 2012
    ISBN9781621881469
    Gideon's Call: A Novel
    Author

    Peter Leavell

    Peter Leavell, a 2007 graduate of Boise State University with a degree in history, was the 2011 winner of Christian Writers Guild's Operation First Novel contest, and 2013 Christian Retailing's Best award for First-Time Author. Peter and his family live in Boise, Idaho. For entertainment, he reads historical books, where he finds ideas for new novels. Whenever he has a chance, he takes his wife and two homeschooled children on crazy but fun research trips.

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    • 5/5
      A well-written story about the chaotic last years of the confederacy on an island plantation in South Carolina. Study of a young man coming of age in a difficult age. The storyline is historically credible, characters are believable. I will read more of this author’s work
    • 3/5
      Really good story with an interesting perspective. I very much liked the reader's timbre and vocal inflections, but there were some obvious mispronunciations that should've been corrected in editing. They took away from the story. For instance, the reader said, "bridge," when it was clearly meant to be "bride." The number of blatant errors was surprising.