David Fuller has 49 books on Goodreads with ratings. David Fuller’s most popular book is Sweetsmoke. --Pat Conroy, author of Beach Music and South of Broad "David Fuller vividly and movingly describes the life of Cassius, a slave on a Virginia tobacco plantation. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Sweetsmoke resonates with unforgettable characters, and is . Screenwriter David Fuller spent eight years researching Sweetsmoke, in the process discovering that members of his family fought on both sides of the Civil War.. Cassius Howard is a skilled slave, once his master's favorite. But his master Hoke is now little more than a fragile old man, depressed about an ever-shrinking plantation and losing a son to war.
#28 - Sweetsmoke David Fuller. Sweetsmoke is a meticulously researched historical mystery novel following the life of Cassius Howard, a secretly literate slave. He's learned that Emoline, a freed Black woman who served as his mentor, has been murdered. Cassius risks everything, including his life, to uncover the answers of her brutal death. When I heard of the novel Sweetsmoke by David Fuller, I was intrigued. The novel takes place during the Civil War, , at its heart lays a murder mystery with a most unusual detective, a slave. I am beyond impressed with the novel. I am ecstatic over it. Initially, I had my doubts about the realism of the storyline. Sweetsmoke|David Fuller, International Mobility Of The Highly Skilled|Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development, The Tenant Of San Mateo|Roumelia Lane, I Will Lift My Eyes Unto The Hills: Learning From The Great Prayers Of The Old Testament|Walter C. Kaiser Jr.
David Fuller has been a screenwriter for 25 years. He became fascinated with the role of African Americans in World War II as a young man when he befriended an African American pilot and worked closely with him for years. Fuller lives in Los Angeles with his wife, a VP for Twentieth Century Fox, and twin sons. Sweetsmoke is his first novel. "David Fuller vividly and movingly describes the life of Cassius, a slave on a Virginia tobacco plantation. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Sweetsmoke resonates with unforgettable characters and a gripping story of loss and survival." Robert Hicks "Sweetsmoke is a fascinating and gripping novel about the Civil War. The slave, Cassius Howard, is a great fictional character, and his story is part mystery, part love story, and a harrowing portrait of slavery that reads with the. Sweetsmoke by David Fuller is a mystery. Sweetsmoke by David Fuller is a character study. Sweetsmoke by David Fuller is a historical fiction. It is truly all of these and more. David Fuller spent eight years researching and writing this novel about a plantation called Sweetsmoke set in during the Civil War.
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