Thomas Johnson and Charles Spurgeon lived worlds apart.
Johnson, an American slave, born into captivity and longing for freedom--- Spurgeon, an Englishman born into relative ease and comfort, but, longing too for a freedom of his own. Their respective journeys led to an unlikely meeting and an even more unlikely friendship, forged by fate and mutual love for the mission of Christ.
Steal Away Home is a new kind of book based on historical research, which tells [in novel form] a previously untold story set in the 1800s of the relationship between an African-American missionary and one of the greatest preachers to ever live.
Note: This is not a traditional biography, but a well-researched historical novel that, according to the author's introduction, contains "many passages [that] are word-for-word quotations from Spurgeon's or Johnson's own writing. . . . the overwhelming majority of the persons, places, dates, and even the dialogue of this book are based on real events. While the line between fiction and history is blurred, our hope is that you walk away from the reading of this story with a better glimpse of the heart and life of Charles Spurgeon than you have ever had before. It is also our hope that you enjoy meeting Thomas Johnson. His is a story the world needs to hear. "
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