The Widow of the South
Robert Hicks$32.30
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Based on a true story, this debut Civil War novel follows a Southern plantation woman's journey of transforming her home into a hospital for the war.
This debut novel is based on the true story of Carrie McGavock. During the Civil War's Battle of Franklin, a five-hour bloodbath with 9,200 casualties, McGavock's home was turned into a field hospital where four generals died. For 40 years she tended the private cemetery on her property where more than 1,000 were laid to rest.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 08/30/2005
ISBN: 9780446578820
Pages: 708
Weight: 2.58lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.24w x 1.95d
Large Print
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 09/02/2005 pg. 85
People Weekly 09/12/2005 pg. 61
Booksense '76 September 2005 09/01/2005 pg. 1
USA Today 05/26/2005 pg. 1
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/15/2005 pg. 94
This debut novel is based on the true story of Carrie McGavock. During the Civil War's Battle of Franklin, a five-hour bloodbath with 9,200 casualties, McGavock's home was turned into a field hospital where four generals died. For 40 years she tended the private cemetery on her property where more than 1,000 were laid to rest.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 08/30/2005
ISBN: 9780446578820
Pages: 708
Weight: 2.58lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.24w x 1.95d
Large Print
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 09/02/2005 pg. 85
People Weekly 09/12/2005 pg. 61
Booksense '76 September 2005 09/01/2005 pg. 1
USA Today 05/26/2005 pg. 1
Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/15/2005 pg. 94