Where I'm Bound

About the Book

A former slave turned cavalry scout becomes a hero for an African-American cavalry regiment in the Civil War. But, as the war draws to an end, the soldier, Joe Duckett, embarks on his most dangerous mission yet-to return to the plantation from which he escaped to find his wife and daughter.

A Washington Post Notable Book. Also a winner of the First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.

"The important story of black soldiers in the Union Army has finally found a writer of historical fiction equal to the occasion." James A McPherson, Professor of History, Princeton University

About the Author

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Kenyon College in Ohio, Allen Ballard received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. The author of two other books, he is presently Professor of Africana Studies and History at SUNY?Albany.