When the Missouri Ran Red : A Novel of the Civil War
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1496734068
ISBN-13
9781496734068
Publisher
Kensington Publishing
Imprint
Kensington Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 28th, 2021
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
466 grams
Dimensions
24.40 x 27.60 x 2.80 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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In a powerful Civil War epic coursing with raw human drama, award-winning author and master historian Jim R. Woolard forges a young mans harrowing coming-of-age journey from Confederate captive to Union prisoner to unchained force of vengeance during the most controversial episode in American history…
Autumn, 1864. Rebel bushwhackers have seized and looted a small town in Missouri. Wounded and left for dead by his half-brother, seventeen-year-old Owen Wainwright is captured and conscripted by the Confederate Army. As the troops blacksmith, he witnesses the horrors of war firsthand: the savagery of General Selbys Iron Brigade, the massacres of Union troops, the bloody battles at Lexington, Westport, and Mine Creek. Against all odds, Owen survives with the help of an unlikely allya new friend in arms and the only person he trusts. But if fate is cruel, war can be crueler...
Caught in the crossfire of a deadly Yankee ambush, Owen is arrested and jailed in a Union prison. Beaten and brutalized by guards, he begins to give up hopeuntil a U.S. Marshal comes to him with an unusual offer. Owens traitorous half-brother is wanted for murder. If Owen agrees to help the U.S. Marshal infiltrate the Texas winter camp of Confederate guerillasand bring his brother to justiceOwen will have both his freedom and his revenge. But the risks are great. The price of getting caught is death.
Filled with raw human drama, blistering battle scenes, and vivid historical details, When the Missouri Ran Red is destined to be a classic in the field and a treasure for Civil War buffs.
Autumn, 1864. Rebel bushwhackers have seized and looted a small town in Missouri. Wounded and left for dead by his half-brother, seventeen-year-old Owen Wainwright is captured and conscripted by the Confederate Army. As the troops blacksmith, he witnesses the horrors of war firsthand: the savagery of General Selbys Iron Brigade, the massacres of Union troops, the bloody battles at Lexington, Westport, and Mine Creek. Against all odds, Owen survives with the help of an unlikely allya new friend in arms and the only person he trusts. But if fate is cruel, war can be crueler...
Caught in the crossfire of a deadly Yankee ambush, Owen is arrested and jailed in a Union prison. Beaten and brutalized by guards, he begins to give up hopeuntil a U.S. Marshal comes to him with an unusual offer. Owens traitorous half-brother is wanted for murder. If Owen agrees to help the U.S. Marshal infiltrate the Texas winter camp of Confederate guerillasand bring his brother to justiceOwen will have both his freedom and his revenge. But the risks are great. The price of getting caught is death.
Filled with raw human drama, blistering battle scenes, and vivid historical details, When the Missouri Ran Red is destined to be a classic in the field and a treasure for Civil War buffs.
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