Burning Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Carl Waters
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Pub Date Feb 28 2015 | Archive Date Feb 26 2015
Description
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was one of the most influential novels of its time. However, reading the classic today brings to light stereotypes and plot issues. But rather than write off this classic, author Carl Waters reimagines and remixes the story into a four-book series that builds from the world and characters Stowe created and expands on the good she intended.
In Burning Uncle Tom’s Cabin, young slave George Harris is a self-taught inventor whose owner despises him. His wife Eliza, however, belongs to another slave owner, along with their three-year-old son Harry.
While George dreams of the day when he can escape to Canada and work to earn enough money so he can buy his family’s freedom, Eliza tries to see the best in her situation. But when her owner falls into financial troubles and plans to offer up Harry as payment against his debt, Eliza runs north with her son.
Suddenly, George must forget his careful planning and immediately go after his family if he has any hope of finding them before the slave hunters capture them.
An innovative retelling that offers fresh insight into America’s past, Burning Uncle Tom’s Cabin is sure to spark as much conversation as the original classic itself.
Advance Praise
The novel is gritty, a great work that dares drag all of slavery’s dirty laundry into the light and expose it for what it was. I give Mr. Waters five stars out of five for the courage, integrity, and the flowing language that makes this exposé a masterpiece! I understand this is the first of several planned novels. To that I say, encore!
Although the subject is a sensitive one which brings up lots of tender emotions, I think the book is well-written; the characters practically leap off the page trying to tell their story. The story being told is well-developed, and I was very impressed with the author’s determination to tell the story. I would recommend this book to everyone, and am eager to read more of this author’s works.
The book is historically correct and well written. The characters are well defined and it is filled with adventure, intrigue and surprises.
It does not exploit or in any way take away from Stowe's "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" but merely takes you into the personal lives and struggles of
those attempting to claim the freedoms that God has given to all men.
This is a great read. Don't miss it.
The author has done his homework, capturing the circumstances of life in the United States in 1851 in both the free and slave states. The people are fleshed out, with more to do than simply advance the story, and the story itself is plotted deftly. George is, by design, the hero of the story, and not Uncle Tom, and George comes across as a good, honest man who is tempted to terrible actions to avenge not just his captivity but the attempted capture of his wife and son. This book is the first of a promised series, and it is clear that there will need to be further books to tell us if -- well, I don't want to give away the ending of this book.
There were enough twists and turns in their journey, with many cliff-hangers to keep me turning pages. There was the conflict of being chased by slave catchers even in "Free States" where the Fugitive Slave Act made it legal for a slave-owner to recapture his escaped slaves and return them to the South. And there was also some conflict between George who did not believe in God, and Eliza who recited Scripture to help her through the worst of times. Eliza gradually softened George's heart and his anger.
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781939805003 |
| PRICE | $3.99 (USD) |
