Bound for Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America
 
 





“My Mother’s Ghost is a stunning work.”

Like any child facing the tragic loss of a parent, Fergus Bordewich spent several decades of his life attempting to come to grips with the death of his mother. Bordewich was the only witness to the accident that took her life—while riding a runaway horse on a rainy morning, his mother jumped off and was seemingly caught under the hooves of his own. As she lay in a gathering pool of blood, Bordewich thought to himself—I’ve killed my mother.

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