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Book Signing with Trouble the Water author Rebecca Dwight Bruff

May 26, 2023 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Join Shop Historic Charleston for a special Book Signing with author Rebecca Dwight Braff. Rebecca will be at 108 Meeting Street, May 26, 11 am through 3 pm, available for signing and to discuss her new work.

About Trouble the Water: “Inspired by a true story, Trouble the Water is about risking everything for freedom. Born a slave, Robert Smalls commandeered a Confederate arms ship from the Charleston harbor, and with the woman he loved and a small crew of other slaves, delivered it to the Union Navy. After the war ended Smalls was able to purchase the house in which he and his mother had been enslaved, and he became one of America’s first black legislators. His courage, thirst for knowledge, and compassion ultimately changed the lives of untold others, including making SC the first state to legislate public education for all. From his illiterate childhood to his thrilling escape to freedom, from his work to make South Carolina the first state to guarantee public education to his final days on the porch of his family home — Trouble the Water will thrill history lovers, biographical fiction fans, and book group members who appreciate exciting fiction based on the lives of real people.”