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    Freedom Road
    Freedom Road
    Freedom Road
    Audiobook9 hours

    Freedom Road

    Written by Howard Fast

    Narrated by Norman Dietz

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    It was everywhere. You couldn't talk about the revolution without using the word freedom in the same breath. But Gideon Jackson knew that freedom meant something different if your skin was black. Fast's fictional account of the post Civil War era takes us into the life of Gideon Jackson, a black man, newly freed, and determined to make a difference.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 13, 2011
    ISBN9781461810292
    Freedom Road
    Author

    Howard Fast

    Howard Fast (1914–2003) was one of the most prolific American writers of the twentieth century. He was a bestselling author of more than eighty works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays. The son of immigrants, Fast grew up in New York City and published his first novel upon finishing high school in 1933. In 1950, his refusal to provide the United States Congress with a list of possible Communist associates earned him a three-month prison sentence. During his incarceration, Fast wrote one of his best-known novels, Spartacus (1951). Throughout his long career, Fast matched his commitment to championing social justice in his writing with a deft, lively storytelling style.

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    • 4/5
      A very compelling read. This tells the story of the South and the ex-slaves struggle to become part of America as free citizens before they were shut down in the 1870s. A sad story, but one that needs reading.