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Richard Saturday, Ralph Magazine

I've been wrestling with this son-of-a-bitch for three weeks now, trying to get it down. Problem is ... it's as weird as they get, cannot be pinned wriggling to the wall. It's weird, gripping, probably one of the best books ever to make you want to vomit when you get to the usual 19th Century subjects: slavery, the Civil War, the Wild West, murdering Indians ... honor, truth, beauty, light.

Missoulian by Michael Moore - October 2008

What Freeman Walker sees is the untidy, complicated soul of an America that wants to believe in its innocence despite evidence to the contrary.

Montana Public Radio audio cast - October 2008

David Allan Cates discusses America's founding creation myth, our belief that we are an exceptional people living in freedom and innocence.

Missoula Independent by Azita Osanloo - October 2008

In one sense, Freeman Walker is a novel about the past—one that is, in all senses, an odyssey of freedom. However, in another sense, the novel’s trajectory can’t help but illuminate a troubling legacy of hypocritical notions of freedom.

Clark's Eye on Books - September 2008

Jimmy Gates begins his journey through the mystery of life with one great disadvantage; he is a mulatto!

Harriet Klausner - October 2008

...this is a fascinating look at somewhat ignored piece of American history as the reader obtains a deep look at what a free black had to do to survive in a world that always assumed he had to be a runaway slave.

Library Journal - September 2008

How he copes with his roller-coaster destiny is a testament to his strength of spirit and to his father’s guiding conviction that “we do not live for ourselves.”