Dana Vacca

eBook, ePUB

Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

This page-turning drama is packed with action, emotion, romance and tumultuous adventure, and is vibrantly painted with powerful characters, vivid imagery and factual details of the Civil War era. In the midst of the Civil War, runaway slaves Daisy Green and her daughter, Celia, attempt a nearly infallible but risky plan to escape from their Southern plantation and stow away on a sailing ship headed north. They will do whatever they must to be free. The cruelties of slavery that have broken Daisy's body have only reinforced her steadfast will to get her daughter to freedom. Mother and daughter are soon separated, and everything changes. Although their strong bond endures, their hearts are torn by desperation, sorrow, and fear. Strong faith in God's divine guidance, and in each other, gives them strength to persevere. A perilous sea voyage, the strange, fearsome Dismal Swamp, and the dangerous, embattled Confederate South present fierce challenges to Daisy and Celia in their courageous struggle to find liberty and happiness. Help and danger come from unexpected places. Emotional, fast-paced, exciting, and compelling, their incredible search for freedom becomes a fight for life and a test of love. Their journeys take them to heights of happiness and plunge them to depths of despair - and back again. FREEDOM CALLS to these unforgettable heroines, Daisy and Celia. Will they find freedom,... and each other?

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 0.25MB
• FamilySharing(5)

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

After retiring from teaching, Dana Vacca now spends most of her time writing short stories, poetry and novellas and restoring and selling antiques. She says unraveling the story of an intriguing antique piece is like time-traveling back to another era. Researching an old heirloom brings history to life. It feeds and inspires her writing as her imagination takes over and fills in the blanks.

Having been born in the North, but living almost half her life in the South, she always found the people of the Civil War era a fascinating subject to explore. That time, packed with emotional, social and economic upheaval, is complicated to understand and its impact still influences the American present.

Dana Vacca holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design and a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Vermont College. She taught visual media and design at the college level. She has illustrated children's books but equally loves to paint with words to create exciting adventure, vivid imagery and compelling characters in her creative writing and fictional works.

She is now living again in coastal New England with two dogs who are her faithful companions and biggest fans.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Dana Vacca
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780463365243
• Artikelnr.: 53183120