Description
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.
Author: Robert Hicks
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 12/10/2007
Pages: 720
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.58lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.24w x 1.95d
ISBN13: 9780446578820
ISBN10: 0446578827
Large Print
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | 19th Century | American Civil War Era
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Women
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.
Author: Robert Hicks
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 12/10/2007
Pages: 720
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.58lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.24w x 1.95d
ISBN13: 9780446578820
ISBN10: 0446578827
Large Print
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | 19th Century | American Civil War Era
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Women
About the Author
Robert Hicks is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Widow of the South and A Separate Country. He lives in Tennessee.