Free Men: A Novel
Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780062407597 (0062407597)
ASIN: 0062407597
Publish date: 2016-02-16
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Three men find an unusual friendship during a trying time in America’s history. In 1788, what is now Alabama an escaped slave, a Creek Indian and a wayward white man come together to travel for a few days and end up committing a murder. Tracking them is a Frenchman named Le Clerc; Le Clerc is sen...
Free Men by Katy Simpson Smith is about a manhunt in 1788 in Alabama for the unlikely combination of a white man, a runaway slave, and an American Indian. This book is a character study of the three criminals and the man chasing them. Socially, economically, and legally, these men couldn't be any mo...