Christopher Love

John Henry’s life, so far, was about working on a plantation with his father, Luke, in Huntsville, Alabama. The Civil War was at their doorsteps. Luke is murdered by their Master because he spoke against slavery and wanted a better life for his son. John Henry runs away and seeks the basic liberties as described in the Declaration of Independence. He is forced into a world where two sides are fighting over the destiny of 4 million blacks in the United States. He also learns about his own people’s origins and understands more about himself as he enlists in the army and later champions the cause of being able to be a man, and nothing but a man. He meets other people who are attempting the find their own place in a new and hostile world. In a heartbreaking novel with hope as their only guide, author Christopher Love tells a suspenseful and powerfully charged story about the untold tales of those who had much to gain or lose in the War Between the States. Will John Henry find happiness, or will he die trying to be free?