Reviews for Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp

The average rating for Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-05-21 00:00:00 Kenton Sumner This book was so much better than Uncle Tom's Cabin, but so few people know about it. Beautiful writing, great history, touching look at humanity...it delivers. Here's a quote to whet your appetites: "As air and heat and water all have a benevolent tendency to enter and fill up a vacuum, so we might fancy the failing vitality of the human system to receive accessions of vigor by being placed in the vicinity of the healthful growths of nature. All the trees which John saw around the river of life and heaven bore healing leaves; and there may be a sense in which the trees of our world bear leaves that are healing both to body and soul. He who hath gone out of the city, sick, disgusted, and wearied, and lain himself down in the forest, under the fatherly shadow of an oak, may have heard this whispered to him in the leafy rustlings of a thousand tongues." Also, character development is amazing - the character of Tiff the slave is now one of my favorites. So go ahead and curl up at Stowe's feet and have her warm your heart and soul - you won't regret it.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-09-26 00:00:00 Steven Vance The beast is slain. Now let's write a BA thesis about it.