The Crack Widens Irreconcilable Differences: Snakebit Series Book IV (John Poniske -F) magazine In Freedom's Shadow won a

In Freedom's Shadow won a 2024 International Firebird Book Award for African American Fiction and a Spring 2024 PenCraft Award as a Best Book for Historical Fiction

living far from home

They describe what they saw

Part of the route on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line is now a heritage rail trail

later widening those trails into roads after polio deprived him of the use of his legs and only able to get around by car

The Crack Widens Irreconcilable Differences: Snakebit Series Book IV (John Poniske -F) magazine In Freedom's Shadow won aIn 1861, Lincolns election caused eleven Southern states to break with the Union. The peculiar institution of slavery, its continuation and spread into the Western Territories became the sticking point. The Garrett family resides in Western Maryland, a border state that lies between the warring parties. There, opinions are as divided as the country, and emotions run hot. Because of their abolitionist leanings, the Garretts have their homestead burned.