Gabriel's Story

Name: Gabriel's Story
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: David Anthony Durham
ISBN: 9781436172455

Author: David Anthony Durham

Narrator: Thomas Penny

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/29/2008

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

In his acclaimed debut novel, Durham adds a new dimension to the frontier narrative. Gabriel, the teenaged son of an emancipated slave, travels west with his mother, who is lured by the promise of unclaimed land. Despising life as a farmer, Gabriel runs away with a dangerous band of cowboys. But hindered by youth and inexperience, he must escape the racism and brutality that surround him.

About David Anthony Durham

David Anthony Durham is the author of Pride of Carthage, the Acacia Trilogy, and other works of historical fiction and fantasy. His novels have twice been New York Times Notable Books, have won the 2001 First Novel Award and the 2002 Alex Award from the American Library Association, and have been translated into eight languages. Durham won the 2009 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer of Science Fiction. He currently lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Aliyah on January 08, 2016

While this book is not a book I would read for pleasure, I did enjoy it as a book for school. Durham's style is reflected throughout the book in his descriptions of setting and the personification of his characters. He is very detail oriented and descriptive. Gabriel is a three dimensional character......more

Goodreads review by Barb on June 07, 2024

story switches views between characters/places in time that lends an aura of mystery to the telling of the story. Excellent character development! Although there is violence in the story, it IS part of Gabriel's story, not just for a "shock factor" etc. A very gripping story - hard to put the book d......more

Goodreads review by Wendopolis on February 19, 2022

A story of the West told through the eyes of Gabriel, a black boy who becomes disenchanted with his family’s hard scrabble homestead life and falls in With a group of dangerous men.......more

Goodreads review by Karen on December 19, 2020

One of my favorite books.......more

Goodreads review by ryan on November 26, 2022

[Read for a Child/YA Lit class] When Gabriel’s family moves from Baltimore to Kansas, he is not happy with the new life of farming ahead of him. He then joins a group of cowboys in an effort to escape his new life, but is then dragged into a perilous journey of violence, murder and more. Dark themes......more