To Make Men Free: A Novel of Antietam

Originally published by HarperCollins, “To Make Men Free” is what the author describes as “unfiction.” There are no fictitious events or characters (sorry, Rhett and Scarlett). “History is an action/adventure tale,” Croker says, “Generally told with the action and adventure taken out. All I do is put it back.”
It was 150 years ago that President Abraham Lincoln anguished over the issue of ending slavery in America once and for all time. It was in the fall of 1862 that two magnificent armies ...