The widow of the south / Robert Hicks.
Based on true events the story follows the saga of Carrie McGavock, a lonely Confederate wife who finds purpose transforming her Tennessee plantation into a hospital and cemetery during the Civil War. Carrie is mourning the death of several of her children, and, in the absence of her husband, has left the care of her house to her capable Creole slave Mariah. Before the 1864 battle of Franklin, Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest commandeers her house as a field hospital. In alternating points of view, the battle is recounted by different witnesses, including Union Lt. Nathan Stiles, who watches waves of rebels shot dead, and Confederate Sgt. Zachariah Cashwell, who loses a leg. By the end of the battle, 9,000 soldiers have perished, and thousands of Confederates are buried in a field near the McGavock plantation. Zachariah ends up in Carrie's care at the makeshift hospital, and their rather chaste love forms the emotional pulse of the novel, while Carrie fights to relocate the buried soldiers when her wealthy neighbor threatens to plow up the field after the war.
Record details
- ISBN: 0446500127
- ISBN: 9780446500128
- Physical Description: 426 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Warner Books, 2005.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-421).
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Tennessee > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction.
Williamson County (Tenn.) > Fiction. - Genre:
- Biographical fiction.
War fiction.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Old Fort Branch Library | NC FIC HIC (Text) | 37810434443098 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Hicks (Text) | 31010000070989 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F HICKS (Text) | 39493105507117 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | F Hicks (Text) | 34269000780636 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | F HICKS (Text) | 40599000643703 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | F HIC (Text) | 80605000823962 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library | F HICKS (Text) | 34510000302958 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | FIC HIC (Text) | 31111002157518 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| BHM Headquarters Library | FIC (Text) | 38344101135174 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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