Who Comes with Cannons?
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When Truth Hopkinss father dies she goes to live with her uncle and his family on their North Carolina farm. Like Truth the Bardwells are Quakers. They oppose slavery but refuse to take up arms in the civil war that is now being waged to end this inhuman institution. Then one day a runaway slave takes refuge on the Bardwell farm and to Truths amazement her uncle hides him from the slave catchers. Even more puzzling he asks her to accompany him when he deliverswagonload of hay to a neighbor late: that night. This ride and the wagons real cargo involve Truth in a mysterious and dangerous underground movement -- and reveal how she can help further the cause of freedom without the use of a rifle. Patricia Beatty best-selling author and winner of the Scott ODell Award for Historical Fiction takes readers on an unforgettable trip aboard the Underground Railroad. Her powerful story of the Civil War captures the secrecy suspense and heroism of this little-known chapter in Americas history and will long be remembered by readers.
