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The Other Side
Unknown author · historical fiction
"Raised on a small Ohio farm just across the river from Kentucky, Jacob remains largely indifferent to the impending struggle between the North and the South. But then his father - against his own better judgement - allows two runaway slaves, Isaac and his daughter Sarah, to be hidden on their land. Hostile to them at first, Jacob soon finds himself drawn to the beautiful Sarah, gradually falling in love - and in lust - with her. When the local militia discovers the slaves, Jacob's world is irrevocably turned upside down as he is forced to watch the militia men abuse his mother and destroy hi
About this historical novel
The Other Side by Unknown author is historical fiction rooted in Global / multiple. "Raised on a small Ohio farm just across the river from Kentucky, Jacob remains largely indifferent to the impending struggle between the North and the South. But then his father - against his own better judgement - allows two runaway slaves, Isaac and his daughter Sarah, to be hidden on their land. Hostile to them at first, Jacob soon finds himself drawn to the beautiful Sarah, gradually falling in love - and in lust - with her. When the local militia discovers the slaves, Jacob's world is irrevocably turned upside down as he is forced to watch the militia men abuse his mother and destroy hi
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"Raised on a small Ohio farm just across the river from Kentucky, Jacob remains largely indifferent to the impending struggle between the North and the South. But then his father - against his own better judgement - allows two runaway slaves, Isaac and his daughter Sarah, to be hidden on their land. Hostile to them at first, Jacob soon finds himself drawn to the beautiful Sarah, gradually falling in love - and in lust - with her. When the local militia discovers the slaves, Jacob's world is irrevocably turned upside down as he is forced to watch the militia men abuse his mother and destroy hi
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Global / multiple
Themes
- fiction
- history
- teenage boys
- united states civil war, 1861-1865
- war stories
- bildungsromans
- underground movements
- historical fiction
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open-library