Description
A richly evocative and compelling novel. The story of a Virginian family that must come to terms with their slave owning past as the Civil War approaches.
Spring 1855 and farmer John Dickinson has a dangerous secret that will have epic consequences. John’s reckless brother has squandered the family’s riches. Their enslaved workers have been visited by a Canadian abolitionist who throws the plantation into turmoil as one of the slaves makes a break for freedom.
Meanwhile, the Dickinson family become fugitives of another kind, escaping their financial losses in a wagon on their way to a new life in the West. Confronted by hunger, fear and a near fatal river boat accident, each member of the family is tested to their limits.
