JOHN WILLINGHAM INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED THE EDGE OF FREEDOM, A FACT-BASED NOVEL OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION, IN TIME TO BE THE FEATURED AUTHOR FOR THE ANNUAL LECTURE AND REENACTMENT AT THE PRESIDIO LA BAHIA IN GOLIAD IN 2011, ON THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TEXAS REVOLUTION. THE BOOK IS TOLD FROM THE POINTS OF VIEW OF THE TEXIAN COMMANDER JAMES FANNIN, THE MEXICAN GENERAL JOSE DE URREA, AND TWO BUSINESS PARTNERS WHO FOUGHT ON OPPOSITE SIDES IN THE GOLIAD CAMPAIGN, CARLOS DE LA GARZA AND JOHN WHITE BOWER.
BELOW IS AN EXCERPT FROM A 2012 REVIEW IN THE SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY , THE ACADEMIC PUBLICATION OF THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION:
"THE EDGE OF FREEDOM SUCCEEDS AS A 'FACT-BASED NOVEL' IN ITS COMPELLING BLEND OF HISTORICAL SEQUENCE AND IMAGINATION: WHAT LIKELY OCCURRED, AND WHY? ....THE EDGE OF FREEDOM REMAINS CLOSELY TETHERED TO ACTUAL EVENTS. JAMES MICHENER ONCE ARGUED THAT MEANINGFUL LITERATURE INQUIRES INTO REAL MOTIVES AND BEHAVIOR OF HUMANITY. THE EDGE OF FREEDOM IS AN INVENTIVE GLIMPSE INTO THE CHOICES AND DILEMMAS THAT PLAGUE PEOPLE CAUGHT UP IN POLITICAL TURBULENCE....
"READ ALONGSIDE ONE OF THE CONTEMPORARY GENERAL HISTORIES OF THE TEXAS REPUBLIC OR THE TEXAS REVOLUTION, THE EDGE OF FREEDOM PROVIDES AN ENRICHING GLIMPSE INTO THE TRAGEDY WHOSE GHOSTS WERE EVOKED THIRTY-SIX DAYS LATER ON THE SAN JACINTO PRAIRIES."-- BOB CAVENDISH
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ORIGINAL PAPERBACK EDITION.
AN UPDATED KINDLE EDITION IS NOW AVAILABLE. LINK TO BOOK PAGE IS BELOW.
BELOW IS AN EXCERPT FROM A 2012 REVIEW IN THE SOUTHWESTERN HISTORICAL QUARTERLY , THE ACADEMIC PUBLICATION OF THE TEXAS STATE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION:
"THE EDGE OF FREEDOM SUCCEEDS AS A 'FACT-BASED NOVEL' IN ITS COMPELLING BLEND OF HISTORICAL SEQUENCE AND IMAGINATION: WHAT LIKELY OCCURRED, AND WHY? ....THE EDGE OF FREEDOM REMAINS CLOSELY TETHERED TO ACTUAL EVENTS. JAMES MICHENER ONCE ARGUED THAT MEANINGFUL LITERATURE INQUIRES INTO REAL MOTIVES AND BEHAVIOR OF HUMANITY. THE EDGE OF FREEDOM IS AN INVENTIVE GLIMPSE INTO THE CHOICES AND DILEMMAS THAT PLAGUE PEOPLE CAUGHT UP IN POLITICAL TURBULENCE....
"READ ALONGSIDE ONE OF THE CONTEMPORARY GENERAL HISTORIES OF THE TEXAS REPUBLIC OR THE TEXAS REVOLUTION, THE EDGE OF FREEDOM PROVIDES AN ENRICHING GLIMPSE INTO THE TRAGEDY WHOSE GHOSTS WERE EVOKED THIRTY-SIX DAYS LATER ON THE SAN JACINTO PRAIRIES."-- BOB CAVENDISH
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ORIGINAL PAPERBACK EDITION.
AN UPDATED KINDLE EDITION IS NOW AVAILABLE. LINK TO BOOK PAGE IS BELOW.
