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Freedom road
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Title
Freedom road / Howard Fast ; foreword by W.E.B. Du Bois ; introduction by Eric Foner.
ISBN
1315704218 (electronic bk.)
9781315704210 (electronic bk.)
1563244403
1563246023
9781563244407
9781563246029
Edition
A new edition with primary documents
Publication
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, 1995.
Copyright Notice Date
©1995
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 275 pages.)
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
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.
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Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
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Original
Online version: Fast, Howard, 1914-2003. Freedom road. Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, ©1995
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 26, 2024
Series
American history through literature
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
pt. I. The voting
How Gideon Jackson came home from the voting
How Gideon Jackson and brother Peter talked together
How Gideon Jackson went to Charleston and the adventures that befell him on the way
How Gideon Jackson labored with both his hands and his head
How Gideon Jackson was a guest of honor at a great affair
How Gideon Jackson went home to his people
How Gideon Jackson journeyed far afield, and how he made both a bargain and a choice
pt. II. The fighting
How Gideon Jackson went to see a tired man
How Gideon Jackson and his son came once more to Carwell
How Gideon Jackson fought the good fight.
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