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Can I read O America : discovery in a new land on EtoBox?
O America : discovery in a new land by William Least Heat-Moon is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is O America : discovery in a new land about?
In 1848 an English physician, Nathaniel Trennant, accepts an offer to serve as doctor on a ship carrying immigrants to America. When arriving in Baltimore, Trennant stumbles onto its slave market and witnesses the horrors of human bondage. One night in a boardinghouse he discovers under his bed a runaway slave. Disturbed and angered by the selling of human lives, he offers to help the young man escape, a criminal action that will put the fugitive slave and physician into flight from both the law
Who reads O America : discovery in a new land?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- William Least Heat-Moon
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9782019034849
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 4.6 / 5 (75 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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