Coal Black Horse

When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable: she sends her only child to find his father on the battlefield and bring him home.

At fourteen, wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety--blue on one side, gray on the other-- Robey thinks he's off on a great adventure. But not far from home, his horse falters and he realizes the enormity of his task. It takes the gift of a powerful and noble coal black horse to show him how to undertake the most important journey of his life: with boldness, bravery, and self-posession.

Coal Black Horse joins the pantheon of great war novels--All Quiet on the Western Front, The Red Badge of Courage, The Naked and the Dead.

Author: Robert Olmstead
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 05/20/2008
Pages: 229
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781565126015
ISBN10: 1565126017
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | War & Military
- Fiction | Coming of Age