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The Yankee Widow : a novel / Linda Lael Miller.
In The Yankee Widow, gifted storyteller Linda Lael Miller explores the complexities and heartbreak that families experienced as men took up arms to preserve the nation and defend their way of life. Told in a smart, assured and compelling voice, this is the story of Caroline, the young wife and childhood sweetheart of Jacob, who together live on a farm raising their daughter,Rachel, just outside of Gettysburg. When Jacob joins the Northern army to do his duty and help save the Union, no one anticipates he will not return.Caroline gets news that he is wounded and has been taken to Washington, DC,with his regiment, and so she must find her way there and navigate the thousands of other wounded soldiers to find him. Thus begins this novel that focuses on the strong women and men of both sides and both races who sacrificed so much and loved so well during this critical juncture in American history."
Record details
- ISBN: 9780778388180 (pb)
- Physical Description: 456 pages : ; 18 cm
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Canada : mira, 2019.
- Copyright: copyright 2019 by Hometown Girl Makes Good, Inc.
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| Subject: | Civil war > Fiction. Gettysburg (Pa.) > Fiction. Man-woman relationship > Fiction. Widow > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Pocono Mountain Public Library | F PB MIL (Text) | 35540000059969 | PMPL 2nd Floor Fiction | Available | - |
