Started off as “A Fire in the Soul” in October 1993 on outline 1st draft with “Thanksgiving” given as an alternate title in October 1993.
Called “The Flame of Freedom” on 1st – 3rd draft outlines in November 1993, December 1993, and January 1994.
Called “Runaway” on the 1st draft in July of 1994 (box 101 folder 21 has some comments on the title)
Became “A Place Called Freedom” on the 2nd draft in December 1994.
Published in 1995 by Crown Publishers, New York
Published in French as Le Pays de la Liberte by Robert Laffont
Published in German as Die Brücken der Freiheit by Lübbe
Published in Italian as Un luogo chiamatoliberta by Mondadori
Published in Spanish as Un Lugar Llamado Libertad by Grijalbo
| A PLACE CALLED FREEDOM Box 96 - 97 - 98 - 99 - 100 - 101 - 102 - 103 - 104 - 105 - 106 |
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| Box 96 | |||
| (1) | Outline, 1st draft of The Fire in the Soul, with handwritten notes (1of 2) | 4 October 1993 | 24pp |
| (2) | Outline, 1st draft of The Fire in the Soul, with handwritten notes (2of 2) | 4 October 1993 | 24pp. |
| (3) | Correspondence from Jane Wood: Comments on outline | 26 October 1993 | 3pp. |
| (4) | Outline, 1st draft, with notes | 5 November 1993 | 18pp. |
| (5) | Outline, 2nd draft, with notes | 23 December 1993 | 32pp. |
| (6) | Outline, 3rd draft, with notes | 18 January 1994 | 53pp. |
| (7) | Research: Sources of information | n.d. | 7pp. |
| (8) | Research: Public Events 1766-1775 | n.d. | 7pp. |
| (9) | Research: A Chronology of Virginia and the War of Independence 1763-1783 | n.d. | 18pp. |
| (10) | Research: Maps of colonial roads and the Thirteen Colonies | n.d. | 5pp. |
| (11) | Research: Leading characters | n.d. | 1p. |
| (12) | Research: Blue spiral notebook | n.d. | 89pp. |
| (13) | Research: Yellow spiral notebook | n.d. | 67pp. |
| (14) | Correspondence from Jane Wood: Comments on outline | 31 January 1994 | 1p. |
| (15) | Correspondence from Al Zuckerman: Comments on outline | 7 February 1994 | 3pp. |
| (16) | Ken Follett typewritten pages: On specific line comments | n.d. | 11pp. |
| Box 97 | |||
| (17-a) | 1st draft, with handwritten notes and loose photographs : Chapters 1-27, pages 1-286 | 27 July 1994 | 570pp. |
| Box 98 | |||
| (17-b) | 1st draft, with handwritten notes and loose photographs: Chapters 28-53, pages 287-570 | 27 July 1994 | 570pp. |
| Box 99 | |||
| (18-a) | 1st draft, two boxed copies (copy 1) | 27 July 1994 | 570pp. |
| Box 100 | |||
| (18-b) | 1st draft, two boxed copies (copy 2) | 27 July 1994 | 570pp. |
| Box 101 | |||
| (19) | Correspondence from Zuckerman: Comments on 1st draft | 12 August 1994 | 6pp. |
| (20) | Correspondence from Ann Patty: Comments on 1st draft | 15 August 1994 | 8pp. |
| (21) | Correspondence from Suzanne Baboneau: Comments and specific queries | 31 August 1994 | 4pp. |
| (22) | Correspondence from ?: Comments on 1st draft | n.d. | 4pp. |
| (23) | Correspondence from Ann Patty: Comments on 1st draft | 19 September 1994 | 20pp. |
| (24) | 2nd draft, with handwritten notes (copy 1) | 10 December 1994 | 557pp. |
| Box 102 | |||
| (25) | 2nd draft, with handwritten notes (copy 2) | 10 December 1994 | 557pp. |
| (26) | Correspondence from Anne Goldgar: Historical report on 2nd draft | n.d. | 14pp. |
| (27) | Correspondence from Ann Patty: 2nd draft comments | 5 January 1995 | 8pp. |
| (28) | Correspondence from Al Zuckerman: 2nd draft comments | 5 January 1995 | 3pp. |
| (29) | Correspondence from Thad Tate: 2nd draft comments | 7 January 1995 | 5pp. |
| (30) | Correspondence from Suzanne Baboneau: 2nd draft comments | 16 January 1995 | 3pp. |
| (31) | Correspondence from Ann Patty: 2nd draft comments | 17 January 1995 | 4pp. |
| Box 103 | |||
| (32) | Final draft (copy 1) | 25 January 1995 | 577pp. |
| Box 104 | |||
| (33-a) | Typescript copy, marked (copy 1) | 25 January 1995 | 577pp. |
| Box 105 | |||
| (33-b) | Typescript copy, marked (copy 2) | 25 January 1995 | 577pp. |
| (34) | Correspondence from Suzanne Baboneau: Copy editing queries | 6 March 1995 | 4pp. |
| Box 106 | |||
| (35) | Correspondence from Sara Short: Original typescript | ||
| Letter | 13 March 1996 | 1p. | |
| (36) | Typescript | n.d. | 577pp. |