out of 5 starsFreedom Road, by Howard Fast. Reviewed in the United States on February 9, Verified Purchase. Though written in , and relating to the post Civil War period in the South, this book is remarkably timely and meaningful. Especially useful for students of US history and democracy/5(61). bltadwin.ru: Freedom Road bltadwin.ru: Howard Fast. Addeddate Identifier bltadwin.ru Identifier-ark ark://td0d Ocr ABBYY FineReader Ppi Scanner Internet Archive Python library dev4. plus-circle Add Review. comment. Reviews. · FREEDOM ROAD by Howard Fast. The author of this book most assuredly saw the novel as political, indeed as didactic. Oh horrors–didactic fiction, story told in the service of teaching something, didactic that worst of curse words for the bourgeois literary establishment. It is no curse word to me, in fact is something to be aspired to, and I daresay the great Howard Fast felt the same way when he Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins.
Howard Fast died on March12, Freedom Road follows the life of a former slave named Gideon Jackson during the Reconstruction Era of the United States. Jackson, a newly emancipated slave from South Carolina, is the central figure in Fast's novel. He ran away to fight for the Union and his freedom during the Civil War. Freedom Road takes place during the reconstruction era immediately following the civil war, a profoundly important and controversial period of US history. It tells the story of the heroic effort of ex-slaves and poor whites to build agrarian democracy in the South. Is Howard Fast's description of the people's illiteracy on p. FREEDOM ROAD by Howard Fast. SE. The author of this book most assuredly saw the novel as political, indeed as didactic. Oh horrors-didactic fiction, story told in the service of teaching something, didactic that worst of curse words for the bourgeois literary establishment. It is no curse word to me, in fact is something to be aspired to, and.
Freedom Road is book written by the renowned novelist Howard Fast. Fast has written many novels including Citizen Tom Paine, Spartacus and April Morning. Fast’s career was a bit controversial because of his affiliation with the Communist Party USA and his time spent incarcerated because of this affiliation. Freedom Road by Howard Fast. Publication date Topics RMSC Collection digitallibraryindia; JaiGyan Language English. Book Source: Digital Library of India Item. Freedom Road by Howard Fast is a very well written, powerful, historical fiction book. It is set during the reconstruction of the South directly after the Civil War and takes place in South Carolina. Gideon Jackson is a former slave and was elected by the plantation members to represent them in the South Carolina Legislature.
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