Rate this book

First Dawn (2005)

by Judith McCoy Miller(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 1

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Bethany House

series

Freedom's Path

review 1: This is not my usual type of reading material. But I was soon drawn in by the story and the how the sharecroppers made do with what they had, instead of turning tail back to Kentucky and sharecropping again for other men. It was not very surprising to find out that while the story was fiction the town that it as written about and the circumstances that happened to make it come about was not. A similar thing happened in my family of German immigrants, promised by a land seller of "prime farm land" in the new country when in actuality when they got here they had bought the Allegheny Front which I'm sure my Native American ancestors were none too happy about either. Not exactly the same circumstances but sucked all the same. Just like my ancestors, they dug in and m... moreade do. I especially liked the part in the book when the Native tribe came to give them meat as some where known to do when they saw new settlers struggling. So it was a good story.
review 2: I really enjoyed reading this book. Being a western and historical fiction fan, Judith Miller's book, "First Dawn - Freedom's Path" (Book 1)satisfied on both counts.The setting is post Civil War America. Former slaves, mostly from Kentucky and Tennesee - free but in little better circumstances as sharecropper, follow their dreams of owning and working their own land to Nicodemus, KS. There, they can afford to purchase land as homesteaders. Nicodemus is presented to them as a growing all-black, "Promised Land." Unfortunately, unscrupulous promoters highly exaggerated what the would-be homesteaders would find when they got there. "First Dawn" is about their journey west to their new home where, ill-prepared to face the oncoming winter, they find an empty prairie and nothing they expected. It's about their hope and faith that God did not lead them into the wilderness just to abandon them. This is a great read and I highly recommend to those who enjoy historical fiction. less

Download links for: First Dawn

Advertising