The Rest I Will Kill, Brian McGinty
The Rest I Will Kill, Brian McGinty
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The Rest I Will Kill
William Tillman and the Unforgettable Story of How a Free Black Man Refused to Become a Slave

Author: Brian McGinty

Narrator: Sean Crisden

Unabridged: 4 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/16/2016

Synopsis

On July 4, 1861, the schooner S.J. Waring set sail from New York on a routine voyage to South America. Seventeen days later, it limped back into New York's harbor with the ship's black cook and steward at the helm. While the story of that ill-fated voyage is one of the most harrowing tales of captivity and survival on the high seas, it has been tragically lost to history. Now reclaiming William Tillman as the American hero he deserves to be, historian Brian McGinty takes readers on a courageous journey that recounts how a free black man was able to recapture his commandeered ship from Confederate privateers, defy their efforts to make him a slave, and become an unlikely glimmer of hope for a disheartened Union army in the war-battered North. The Rest I Will Kill emerges as a thrilling yet historically significant work about race, patriotism, and personal heroism during the Civil War.
 

About Brian McGinty

Brian McGinty is the award-winning author of twelve books, including Lincoln's Greatest Case: The River, the Bridge, and the Making of America; Lincoln and the Court; and John Brown's Trial, and more than two hundred articles on American history, the American West, and American legal history.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kevin

I enjoyed this book for several reasons: it reinforced basic facts about the Civil War that I missed in High School and beyond, it was a quick read so it didn’t lose me 25-30% of the way through, and I learned the story of William Tillman who did exactly as the title states. I actually wish it was l......more

Goodreads review by Brian

I appreciate the amount of effort (I imagine a great deal) the author put into researching the life and this expertly crafted HIS story of William Tillman. Very engaging read.......more

Goodreads review by Dale

A Review of the Audiobook Published by HighBridge in 2016. Read by Sean Crisden. Duration: 4 hours, 19 minutes. Unabridged. At the beginning of the Civil War, the Confederacy authorized ships to be privateers. Privateers are basically pirates with the explicit backing of a government. The idea was to aut......more

Goodreads review by David

Picked this up because the tale seemed engaging. McGinty gives us his best effort at what the cover promises: a black freeman is serving as a cook on an American vessel seized by Confederate privateers. Faced with being sold into slavery, he fights back. He becomes, for a brief moment, an acclaimed h......more

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