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Steering to Freedom

By: Patrick Gabridge
Narrated by: Mark Cyr
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A troubled country, a courageous heart, and the struggle for freedom

In May 1862, Robert Smalls, a slave and ship’s pilot in Charleston, South Carolina, crafts a daring plan to steal the steamship Planter and deliver it, along with, the crew and their families to the Union blockade. After risking his life to escape slavery, Robert faces an even more difficult challenge: convincing Abraham Lincoln to enlist black troops.

Based on a true story, Steering to Freedom tells the powerful and inspirational story of a young man who becomes the first black captain of a US military ship, while struggling to navigate a path to freedom for himself, his family, and his people.

©2015 Patrick Gabridge (P)2025 Penmore Press Action & Adventure African American Biographical Fiction Genre Fiction War & Military

Critic Reviews

"In Steering to Freedom, Patrick Gabridge has intertwined history with a meticulous and moving narrative of Robert Smalls—Confederate steamboat pilot, family man, and slave—whose daring vision to claim freedom against all odds will grab the reader from the first page." — Jessica Maria Tuccelli, author of Glow
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