The Eden Hunter (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781582436098)

In 1816, five years after being captured and sold into slavery, Kau, a pygmy tribesman, flees south into the Spanish Florida wilderness, determined to find a place where he can once again live in harmony with nature. Both haunted and driven by his memories of Africa, he embarks on an epic quest through the treacherous pinewoods, swamps, and river bottoms of the Southern frontier. He encounters renegades and thieves, traitors and mercenaries, and the dark prophetic magic of the forest before he finally finds himself within the walls of a remote fort on the Apalachicola River. There, he becomes the reluctant companion of several hundred runaway slaves once recruited by the British to fight in the War of 1812, then abandoned to fend for themselves against the American forces intent on destroying their remarkable stronghold.

Inspired by actual events, and at times both violent and beautiful, The Eden Hunter provides a fascinating glimpse at a forgotten, bloody chapter in our nation's history through the eyes of one truly remarkable hero.

Author: Skip Horack
ISBN-10: 1582436096
ISBN-13: 9781582436098
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Language: English
Published: 08/17/2010
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.40w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/19/2010
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2010
Library Journal 09/01/2010 pg. 101
Booklist 09/15/2010 pg. 37
New York Times Book Review 10/10/2010 pg. 9
New York Times Book Review 10/17/2010 pg. 26