Red River

Astonishingly powerful and compelling, RED RIVER is an extraordinary novel of true lives in the Deep South, which will break your heart, give you hope, and never let you go

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A heartbreaking and compelling story of a family's experiences of slavery and the American Civil War.

From Sam Tademy, the son of a runaway slave, and his fiercely strong wife Polly, to the father and son who witness unspeakable crimes, this is a story in which courage and hope do battle with almost unendurable suffering; where real lives collide with history.