Astonishingly powerful and compelling, RED RIVER is an extraordinary novel of true lives in the Deep South, which will break your heart, give you hope, and never let you go
A heartbreaking and compelling story of a family's experiences of slavery and the American Civil War.
From Sam Tademy, the son of a runaway slave, and his fiercely strong wife Polly, to the father and son who witness unspeakable crimes, this is a story in which courage and hope do battle with almost unendurable suffering; where real lives collide with history.