Freedom Road Born on November 11‚ 1914 in New York City‚ New York‚ Howard Melvin Fast was an American writer who typically wrote on history and politics. Not only did Fast publish books under his given name‚ he also used the pen names ‘E.V. Cunningham’ and ‘Walter Ericson.’ Fast married for the first time in 1937 to Bette Cohen whom he had two children with‚ Jonathan and Rachel. After Bette’s death in 1994‚ Fast married a second time in 1999 to Mercedes O’Connor. Fast wrote a variety of works including
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Road To Freedom The first thirteen pages of the book Road To Freedom had to do with the ego’s ability to control our entire lives. It emphasized on the baggage one as a person tend to walk around with in life. One’s life‚ if not examined‚ can become a burden as one can go on existing rather than living. This book focuses on the importance of forgiveness‚ joy‚ letting go of anger‚ acceptance‚ peace‚ harmony‚ and freedom. I was touched by the author’s experience
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known. The title "American Revolution" holds within it the ideas of "freedom from oppression"‚ "self-determination"‚ and "freedom of expression". It also entails many other very powerful ideas that stir in a humans soul feeling of pride‚ honor‚ and a willingness to fight for what one feels is right. It is also the tale of a colony‚ a new land‚ and of people learning to live in this new land‚ as they yearn for fairness and freedom from a government and country that ruled them from afar. They struggled
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" I said‚ and then my father said‚ in that way he has of saying something that cuts you down to half of your size or less: "Slow to start and quick to finish." So went the character Adam about his life‚ and so went the book‚ April Morning‚ by Howard Fast. Throughout the book‚ an underlying theme of starting a task slowly and finishing the task quickly. The character Adam is slow to start his chores‚ but quick to finish his responsibilities; Adam’s father‚ Moses Cooper is slow to begin to let his
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teaching something‚ didactic that worst of curse words for the bourgeois literary establishment. It is no curse word to me‚ in fact is something to be aspired to‚ and I daresay the great Howard Fast felt the same way when he was writing Freedom Road‚ first published in 1944. The foreword to the edition of Freedom Road currently in print was written by W.E.B. Du Bois. If the greatest historian of Reconstruction and the counter-revolution that overturned it‚ the author of Black Reconstruction in America
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AP American History Period 7 August 8‚ 2011 “April Morning” by Howard Fast is a novel that takes place during the Battle of Lexington on April 19‚ 1775. The entire book takes place during a 24 hour time period. Adam Cooper is the antagonist in this novel. When Adam goes to bed on the eve of April 18‚ 1775 he is a boy. When he awakens the next morning he is forced to become a man. In the early hours of the morning he‚ along with the rest of the town‚ is awakened by a lone rider racing to Lexington
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Life had to be Altered Imagine your whole world changing in a matter of hours. The author of the book‚ April Morning‚ is Howard Fast. The setting takes place in Lexington‚ Massachusetts‚ all over the course of one day‚ April 18‚ 1775. The book explains the beginning of the Revolutionary War through Adam’s point of view. Adam is the protagonist in the novel that is shown to be both round and dynamic. In Adams life‚ there is order and chaos‚ before‚ during‚ and after the war. Before the war Adam’s
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“The plain truth of the matter is that we can’t stop them!” (Fast 90). April Morning‚ written by Howard Fast‚ is a novel about the start of the Revolutionary War‚ specifically the Battle of Lexington in 1775. Adam Cooper‚ the protagonist of the story‚ is a 15-year-old boy who is forced to become a man to defend his home from the British. Moses Cooper‚ Adams father who is also the antagonist of the story‚ is extremely hard on Adam and does not see him as a man. Not until Adam signs up to fight that
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Howard Fast‚ the author of the book Freedom Road‚ was born on November 11‚ 1914 and died at the age of 89 on March 12‚ 2003. Fast lived a long and adventurous life. A few of the things he did throughout his lifetime were; joining the American Communist party in 1943‚ serving a prison term in 1950 for refusing to cooperate with the House Committee on Un-American Activities‚ and his books were purged from American school libraries. On the other hand some of the positive things that happened in
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book‚ April Morning‚ by Howard Fast‚ is about Adam Cooper and the challenges that he must endure through the first battles of The Revolutionary War. Joseph Simmons is Adam’s cousin and a complex character who is simple‚ brave‚ and father-like. Joseph Simmons is a simple man and is both a major and minor character in this book. He is very close knit with Adam’s family and is good friends with Moses Cooper. Adam states‚ “He was a blacksmith and had shares in a slaver” (Fast 32). The Coopers‚ at the
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