Gideon's Call

Name: Gideon's Call
Brand: Oasis Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Peter Leavell
ISBN: 9781621881469

Author: Peter Leavell

Narrator: Barrie Buckner

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 12/30/2012

Categories: Fiction, African American & Black Fiction, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction, History, Us History, Religion, Religious

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Peter Leavell’s award-winning debut novel is a touching and inspiring tale of surprising heroism amid the horrors of the Civil War. Tad, a slave boy of exceptional hidden gifts, comes of age just as the Civil War erupts in coastal South Carolina. An unlikely deliverer, the young man’s hopes remain buried under a crushing weight of abuse and degradation until an extraordinary event thrusts him and 10,000 fellow slaves into an uncharted wilderness of freedom and danger. Based on true events, Gideon’s Call immerses listeners in the slave culture of the antebellum South and propels you on a dramatic journey of hope, discovery, faith, and triumph. It is the story of a remarkable young man who, in the face of unimaginable obstacles, overcomes shame and prejudice to emerge a champion of thousands.

About The Author

Peter Leavell graduated from Boise State with a degree in history in 2007. He is the winner of the 2011 Jerry B. Jenkins Christian Writers Guild’s Operation First Novel contest. He and his family live in Boise, Idaho.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah

Sweeping story of an intriguing sidebar of Civil War history. Leavell's impeccable research and excellent writing highlights some of history's quieter heroes.......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

Again, I am reviewing a book with mixed feelings. I'll explore every aspect in hopes of being thorough. Historical - this by far felt like one of the most well-researched novels I've read. I am still learning much about the Civil War, so I'll confess my knowledge isn't historian-level. But the whole......more

Goodreads review by Sydney

I am reading Gideon's Call right now and find it engaging in the same that way that Remarkable Creatures engaged me. That is, it makes me care about a period of history that normally wouldn't draw my attention. Peter transforms historical (and fictional) Civil War era characters into warm bodies tha......more

Goodreads review by Karen

A fascinating look at freed slaves during the Civil War. Leavell's writing makes history come alive! Highly recommended.......more

Goodreads review by Ane

Gideon's Call is a masterful weaving of fact and fiction, making history come alive, and carrying the reader along side-by-side with the characters. Peter Leavell's stellar debut novel is a must read. Novel Rocket and I give it a high recommendation.......more

Quotes

“In this sweeping saga of one of the most stirring times in our nation’s history, Peter Leavell brings alive the stories of unsung American heroes that should never be forgotten. Gideon’s Call is exactly the kind of historical novel I love.”
— Donna Fletcher Crow, author of Glastonbury, A Novel of The Holy Grail