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Black cloud rising : a novel / David Wright Faladé.

Summary:
"By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks. Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but Confederate irregulars still roamed the region. In December, the newly formed African Brigade, a unit of these former slaves led by General Edward Augustus Wild-a one-armed, impassioned abolitionist-set out from Portsmouth to hunt down the rebel guerillas and extinguish the threat. From this little-known historical episode comes Black Cloud Rising, a dramatic, moving account of these soldiers-men who only weeks earlier had been enslaved, but were now Union infantrymen setting out to fight their former owners. At the heart of the narrative is Sergeant Richard Etheridge, the son of a slave and her master, raised with some privileges but constantly reminded of his place. Deeply conflicted about his past, Richard is eager to show himself to be a credit to his race. As the African Brigade conducts raids through the areas occupied by the Confederate Partisan Rangers, he and his comrades recognize that they are fighting for more than territory. Wild's mission is to prove that his troops can be trusted as soldiers in combat. And because many of the men have fled from the very plantations in their path, each raid is also an opportunity to free loved ones left behind. For Richard, this means the possibility of reuniting with Fanny, the woman he hopes to marry one day. With powerful depictions of the bonds formed between fighting men and heartrending scenes of sacrifice and courage, Black Cloud Rising offers a compelling and nuanced portrait of enslaved men and women crossing the threshold to freedom"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802159199
  • ISBN: 0802159192
  • Physical Description: 290 pages : map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2022]
Subject: Wild, Edward Augustus, 1825-1891.
United States. Army. African Brigade (1863-1865) > Fiction.
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Partisan Rangers, 1st.
African American soldiers > Fiction.
Fugitive slaves > Fiction.
Freed persons > Fiction.
Abolitionists > Fiction.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American > Fiction.
Genre: War fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 28 of 28 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 28 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library FICTION WRIGHT (Text) 50687011776385 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library FICTION WRIGHT (Text) 50686016147949 Adult Fiction Available -
Bedford County Library F WRI (Text) 35010001092301 Adult Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library FICTION WRIGHT (Text) 50688010811702 Adult Fiction Available -
Carroll Valley Library HIST FIC WRIGHT FALADÉ (Text) 35740635816903 Historical Fiction Available -
Coudersport Public Library FIC FAL (Text) 30183000959914 Adult Fiction Available -
Dillsburg Area Public Library Adults WRI Fiction (Text) 34001001410248 Adult Area Available -
Ebensburg Public Library FIC WRI (Text) 31814700842682 EBNM Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library FIC FALADE, DAVID WRIGHT (Text) 36446002070806 Adult Fiction Available -
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library Adults WRI Historical (Text)
Bookplate: Plated 2022: In Memory and Honor of David F. Humbert, Sr.
34007002454424 Adult Area Available -


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