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Cargando... Lay This Body Down: A Gideon Stoltz Mystery (Gideon Stoltz Mystery Series)por Charles Fergus
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. It is never easy to read novels that involve slavery – any aspect of it – but I feel they need to be read so that its horrors are never forgotten. So, this is not an easy book to read but not because it is not well written for it is. It is engrossing, fascinating and well worth your time. BUT, it will not be a light, airy read so be prepared. Gideon is starting to feel comfortable as sheriff but the times are anything but. He is dealing with the normal problems and complaints that come with the job as well as having to find a way to handle the growing conflicts between White and Black that are mirroring what is happening on a National level. Things come to a head when several free Black residents disappear and fears are that they are being sold into slavery. It was very dangerous times to take up for Black folk. Free or not. A compelling, well researched and well written take on a dark time in our history. Rumors of another book in the series abound and I hope they are true. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Pertenece a las seriesGideon Stoltz (book 3)
"Lay This Body Down, the third Gideon Stoltz Mystery, takes place in 1837 during one of the most horrific periods in pre-Civil War America, when human beings were considered chattel and both northern and southern states grew rich from slave labor. A Pennsylvania sheriff like Gideon could choose to uphold the federal Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 or defy that racist law at great peril. In this hard-hitting, action-packed novel, Gideon tries to protect a boy who has fled north from a Virginia plantation--and pays dearly for his principles"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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