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Thank You! to all who have purchased my new book: Freedom Calling!
A BIG THANK YOU
to all who have purchased my new book:
FREEDOM CALLING: A CIVIL WAR SLAVE ESCAPES BY SEA
PLEASE help me reach the goal of 100 reviews on Amazon Books
PLEASE HELP me reach my goal of 100 book reviews and POST A REVIEW on our Amazon Book pageI
It will boost FREEDOM CALLING in the search engine!!!
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THANK YOU!!!
to all who have purchased my new book:
FREEDOM CALLING: A CIVIL WAR SLAVE ESCAPES BY SEA
PLEASE help me reach the goal of 100 reviews on Amazon Books
PLEASE HELP me reach my goal of 100 book reviews and POST A REVIEW on our Amazon Book pageI
It will boost FREEDOM CALLING in the search engine!!!
LINK TO BOOK PAGE: https://www.amazon.com/…/…/069211405X...…
THANK YOU!!!
Not Just Another Civil War Novel
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes by Sea
Not "just another Civil War novel." You will question your own definition of freedom, morality and humanity as you share the joys, sorrows and experiences of the main characters who have all struggled to re-define what it means to be free.
Freedom Calling - Sailing Barque / Whaling Ship, The Lady Grey
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes by Sea
FREEDOM CALLING: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea by Dana Vacca
Book Highlights / Excerpts
The Lady Grey is a 19th century whale ship - a barque, in style. Her home port was New Bedford, Massachusetts but her whaling voyages, lasting one to two years, took her all over the globe.
Book Excerpt ...the captain walked the starboard stretch of the sternmost upper deck - his private retreat. Most of his time, though, was spent on the quarterdeck, just behind the main mast of the ship. That was his domain, his throne, where he reigned supreme. There, he knew the real meaning of freedom that most landsmen can only imagine.
For Link TO FACEBOOK Photo:https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
FREEDOM CALLING: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea by Dana Vacca
Book Highlights / Excerpts
The Lady Grey is a 19th century whale ship - a barque, in style. Her home port was New Bedford, Massachusetts but her whaling voyages, lasting one to two years, took her all over the globe.
Book Excerpt ...the captain walked the starboard stretch of the sternmost upper deck - his private retreat. Most of his time, though, was spent on the quarterdeck, just behind the main mast of the ship. That was his domain, his throne, where he reigned supreme. There, he knew the real meaning of freedom that most landsmen can only imagine.
For Link TO FACEBOOK Photo:https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
Book Signing - Sun., Aug 19th, 2018 in RI
I will be doing a Meet/Greet Book Signing on Aug. 19th, (Sunday).
MEET THE AUTHORS
- SPECTACULAR EVENT -
Free Admission!
With authors: David Christner, Dana Vacca, Glede Browne Kabongo, Marty Pena, Denise Flagg, Elaine Brogno, Claremary Sweeney
Come meet 7 local, multiply-published, authors & playwrights!
Historical Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Thrillers, Children's Books
FREE BOOK GIVEAWAYS!
Date: Sunday, Aug. 19th, 2018
Time: 1 pm - 4 pm
Place: Java Madness Waterfront Coffee Cafe
134 Salt Pond Road
Wakefield, RI 02879
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!
Kid and Pet Friendly!
MEET THE AUTHORS
- SPECTACULAR EVENT -
Free Admission!
With authors: David Christner, Dana Vacca, Glede Browne Kabongo, Marty Pena, Denise Flagg, Elaine Brogno, Claremary Sweeney
Come meet 7 local, multiply-published, authors & playwrights!
Historical Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Thrillers, Children's Books
FREE BOOK GIVEAWAYS!
Date: Sunday, Aug. 19th, 2018
Time: 1 pm - 4 pm
Place: Java Madness Waterfront Coffee Cafe
134 Salt Pond Road
Wakefield, RI 02879
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!
Kid and Pet Friendly!
Flash Fiction Winner Today! - Thank You for your Support!
My piece won FLASH FICTION CONTEST!!! Thank you for your support and votes!It will be added in the INDIES UNLIMITED Annual Anthology for 2019!
THANK YOU!
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Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
FREEDOM CALLING - Ralph Waldo Emerson's Writings
FREEDOM CALLING - Book Highlights
Emerson was a major influence on Celia, the main character in Freedom Calling.
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essayist, Lecturer, Philosopher
Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1803. He graduated from Harvard in 1821. He lived in in the antebellum South for a few years. He was opposed to slavery and supported President Lincoln, but was disappointed that Lincoln's greater goal was to preserve the Union and was less concerned with putting an end to slavery.
Emerson also traveled to Europe, but for most of his life he lived in Concord, Massachusetts. He called himself a transcendentalist and wrote a plethora of wonderful essays representing the core of his thinking, which include the well-known essays, "Nature", "Self-Reliance", "The Over-Soul", "Circles", "The Poet", and "Experience." His writings never boasted fixed philosophical tenets but instead promoted ideas of personal individuality, freedom, the ability for mankind to achieve anything it could imagine. He also deeply explored the relationship between one's soul and the surrounding world.
A Few of Emerson's Quotes about BOOKS:
“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
See More (w/pics) on my Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
Emerson was a major influence on Celia, the main character in Freedom Calling.
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essayist, Lecturer, Philosopher
Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1803. He graduated from Harvard in 1821. He lived in in the antebellum South for a few years. He was opposed to slavery and supported President Lincoln, but was disappointed that Lincoln's greater goal was to preserve the Union and was less concerned with putting an end to slavery.
Emerson also traveled to Europe, but for most of his life he lived in Concord, Massachusetts. He called himself a transcendentalist and wrote a plethora of wonderful essays representing the core of his thinking, which include the well-known essays, "Nature", "Self-Reliance", "The Over-Soul", "Circles", "The Poet", and "Experience." His writings never boasted fixed philosophical tenets but instead promoted ideas of personal individuality, freedom, the ability for mankind to achieve anything it could imagine. He also deeply explored the relationship between one's soul and the surrounding world.
A Few of Emerson's Quotes about BOOKS:
“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
See More (w/pics) on my Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Quotes
BOOK: Freedom Calling by Dana Vacca
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Quotes:
“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
“Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.”
And I will end with his best quote:.....
“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
SEE MORE (w/ photos) on my Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
RALPH WALDO EMERSON Quotes:
“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.”
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
“Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.”
And I will end with his best quote:.....
“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
SEE MORE (w/ photos) on my Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
IT WORKS! Check out FREEDOM CALLING's VIDEO TRAILER!
Check out the new VIDEO TRAILER for FREEDOM CALLING!
Let me know what you think!
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LINK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LDrC...
(Let me know if you have a problem viewing trailer.)
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
Let me know what you think!
LINK: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
LINK:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LDrC...
(Let me know if you have a problem viewing trailer.)
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
Freedom Calling - Celia goes to a Civil War Contraband Camp
Book: Freedom Calling - Book Highlights
Civil War Contraband Camps
Many slaves left plantations, some were freed others just fled. They headed north toward Union lines.
Bounty hunters sought out these African-Americans to bring them back to masters or to sell them to right back into slavery.
The Union decided to set up contraband camps not long after the war began. In these camps, African-Americans could be protected and live more safely, although often beyond the boundaries of the camps bounty hunters lurked ready to abduct stragglers!
One such camp was Springdale, formerly called Arlington. It was located on the confiscated estate of General Robert E. Lee. Huge numbers of African-Americans flocked to Springdale, and housing them all was difficult. Some groups were lived in the available buildings, but most had to make due with tents and lean-to's as the numbers of residents increased quickly. Springdale was just one of many such camps that were spread all across the border states, and all soon became overcrowded.
Many of the northern states set up Freedmen's societies. They shipped clothing, shoes, and food to the camp to help the newly freed slaves, as most of them arrived with only the clothing they wore on their backs. Volunteers also set up schools at the camps and held classes to teach children and adults how to read and write. They were very eager to learn! Celia volunteered as a teacher at Springdale.
GO to my FACEBOOK Book Page to see pics of a Virginia camp: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
Civil War Contraband Camps
Many slaves left plantations, some were freed others just fled. They headed north toward Union lines.
Bounty hunters sought out these African-Americans to bring them back to masters or to sell them to right back into slavery.
The Union decided to set up contraband camps not long after the war began. In these camps, African-Americans could be protected and live more safely, although often beyond the boundaries of the camps bounty hunters lurked ready to abduct stragglers!
One such camp was Springdale, formerly called Arlington. It was located on the confiscated estate of General Robert E. Lee. Huge numbers of African-Americans flocked to Springdale, and housing them all was difficult. Some groups were lived in the available buildings, but most had to make due with tents and lean-to's as the numbers of residents increased quickly. Springdale was just one of many such camps that were spread all across the border states, and all soon became overcrowded.
Many of the northern states set up Freedmen's societies. They shipped clothing, shoes, and food to the camp to help the newly freed slaves, as most of them arrived with only the clothing they wore on their backs. Volunteers also set up schools at the camps and held classes to teach children and adults how to read and write. They were very eager to learn! Celia volunteered as a teacher at Springdale.
GO to my FACEBOOK Book Page to see pics of a Virginia camp: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
Freedom Calling - African-American Soldiers in the Civil War
FREEDOM CALLING - Book Highlights
African-American Soldiers in the Civil War
After May 1863 many of the freed men were allowed to enlist in the Union Army and a great many of them served in the army's management of the camps.
Black leaders like Frederick Douglass encouraged African-American men to become soldiers as it would ensure their eventual US citizenship. The US government formed the Bureau of Colored Troops to organize the increasing numbers of black volunteer soldiers.
Approximately one hundred and ninety thousand black men volunteered during the course of the Civil War, and more than eighty of them became commissioned officers. Besides being soldiers many served as army carpenters, cooks, guards and chaplains. Black women also volunteered. Women were not allowed to join the army or navy, but could serve as nurses, scouts and spies.
Because of racial prejudice, even among Union soldiers, black men were not used as often in combat. But the soldiers who saw combat fought bravely and tenaciously. Sixteen had been awarded to the Medal of Honor for valor, like this soldier pictured. He is Andrew Jackson Smith, recipient of the MEDAL OF HONOR.
See Pics on my FACEBOOK BOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
BUY BOOK NOW at Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Callin...
Also available as Kindle Book
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
African-American Soldiers in the Civil War
After May 1863 many of the freed men were allowed to enlist in the Union Army and a great many of them served in the army's management of the camps.
Black leaders like Frederick Douglass encouraged African-American men to become soldiers as it would ensure their eventual US citizenship. The US government formed the Bureau of Colored Troops to organize the increasing numbers of black volunteer soldiers.
Approximately one hundred and ninety thousand black men volunteered during the course of the Civil War, and more than eighty of them became commissioned officers. Besides being soldiers many served as army carpenters, cooks, guards and chaplains. Black women also volunteered. Women were not allowed to join the army or navy, but could serve as nurses, scouts and spies.
Because of racial prejudice, even among Union soldiers, black men were not used as often in combat. But the soldiers who saw combat fought bravely and tenaciously. Sixteen had been awarded to the Medal of Honor for valor, like this soldier pictured. He is Andrew Jackson Smith, recipient of the MEDAL OF HONOR.
See Pics on my FACEBOOK BOOK PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/CivilWarHist...
BUY BOOK NOW at Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Callin...
Also available as Kindle Book
Freedom Calling: A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
Freedom Calling A Civil War Slave Escapes By Sea
FREEDOM CALLING is a page-turner packed with action, emotion, romance and adventure - vibrantly painted with powerful characters, vivid imagery and factual details of the Civil War era.
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