Deb K. (debkay) reviewed on + 7 more book reviews
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This book is an amazing recount of the period before the civil war. A runaway female slave in the swamps of the Eastern shore, fighting to survive and is in search of "the code", the guarded communication system for slaves on the run. Great descript tellings of hope and vilence between slave catchers, plantation owners, waterman, runaway slaves, and free blacks. His use of southern dialect for that period made the story seem real, and the characters valid. After reading this, author James McBride is now one of my favorites, as I purchased his other two bestsellers Miracle at St. Anna, and The Color of Water. The book was a great introduction to historical fiction genre for me.
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