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Koehler Books
June 2019
On Sale: June 4, 2019
Featuring: Robert Smalls
348 pages
ISBN: 1633938093
EAN: 9781633938090
Hardcover
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Historical | Fiction
Inspired by the a true story of Robert Smalls' daring escape
from slavery on a cotton planter-turned gunboat, his heroism
during the Civil War, and his extraordinary service as one
of the country's first African-American legislators,
Trouble the Water navigates the rich tributaries of courage,
family, betrayal, faith, forgiveness, and redemption. Smalls -- born enslaved and witness to both great privilege
and great suffering--grows up alongside his owner's daughter
and the dangerous son of a firebrand secessionist. At the
age of 12, he's sent to work in Charleston, where he loads
ships and learns to pilot a cotton steamer. When the Civil
War erupts and the cotton steamer becomes a confederate
warship, he seizes a high-risk opportunity to pursue freedom
for himself and the woman and children he loves. After the war ended Smalls was able to purchase the house in
which he and his mother had been enslaved, and he became one
of America's first black legislators. His courage, thirst for knowledge, and compassion ultimately
changed the lives of untold others, including making SC the
first state to legislate public education for all. From his illiterate childhood to his thrilling escape to
freedom, from his work to make South Carolina the first
state to guarantee public education to his final days on the
porch of his family home, Trouble the Water will thrill
history lovers, biographical fiction fans, and book group
members who appreciate exciting fiction based on the lives
of real people. If you liked Invention of Wings, My Name is Mary Sutter, and
The Kitchen House, you'll want to read this.
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