{"product_id":"the-confederate-general-rides-north-9781416598404","title":"The Confederate General Rides North","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this richly imagined, utterly original debut, a mother-daughter road trip leads a young girl, a precocious Civil War buff, to a hard-won understanding of the American history she loves and the personal history she inherits.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleven-year-old Katherine McConnell is so immersed in Civil War history that she often imagines herself a general, leading troops to battle. When Kat's beautiful, impulsive mother wakes her early one morning in the summer of 1968 to tell her they will be taking a road trip from Georgia to Maine to find antiques for a shop she wants to open, Kat sees the opportunity for adventure and a respite from her parents' troubled marriage. Armed with a road atlas and her most treasured history books, Kat cleverly charts a course that will take them to battlefields and historic sites and, for her mother's sake she hopes, bring them home a success. But as the trip progresses, Kat's experiences test her faith in her mother and her loyalty to the South, bringing her to a difficult new awareness of her family and the history she reveres. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd when their journey comes to an abrupt and devastating halt in Gettysburg, Kat must make an irrevocable choice about their ultimate destination. Deftly narrated with the beguiling honesty of a child's perspective and set against the rich backdrop of the South during the 1960s, \u003ci\u003eThe Confederate General Rides North\u003c\/i\u003e gracefully blends a complex mother-daughter relationship, the legacy of the Civil War, and the ache of growing up too soon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416598404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Amanda C. Gable","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40600818614453,"sku":"9781416598404","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_59523a33-64fb-42a7-a6ee-a4eb497d4ef2.jpg?v=1627358924","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-confederate-general-rides-north-9781416598404","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}