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"From American master James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana as the South transforms and a brilliant cast of characters-enslaved and free women, plantation gentry, and battle-weary Confederate and Union soldiers-are caught in the maelstrom. In the fall of 1863, the Union Army is in control of the Mississippi River. Much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is occupied. The Confederate Army is in disarray, corrupt...
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It's the spring of 1862. The Confederate Army in the West teeters on the brink of collapse following the catastrophic loss of Fort Donelson. Commanding general Albert Sidney Johnston is forced to pull up stakes, abandon the critical city of Nashville, and rally his troops in defense of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Hot on Johnston's trail are two of the Union's best generals: the relentless Ulysses Grant, fresh off his career-making victory...
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Novels of the Civil War volume 3
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English
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The story of the last great push of the Army of the Cumberland sets the stage for a decisive confrontation at Chattanooga that could determine the outcome of the war.
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Ballantine Books
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English
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In A Chain of Thunder, the action shifts to the fortress city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. There, in the vaunted "Gibraltar of the Confederacy," a siege for the ages will cement the reputation of one Union general-and all but seal the fate of the rebel cause. In May 1863, after months of hard and bitter combat, Union troops under the command of Major General Ulysses S. Grant at long last successfully cross the Mississippi River. They force the remnants...
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Harcourt Brace
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[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 10
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English
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When her mother dies and her best friend's family is implicated in the assassination of President Lincoln, fourteen-year-old Emily Pigbush must go live with an uncle she suspects of being involved in stealing bodies for medical research.
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Civil War trilogy (Jeff Shaara) volume 3
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Ballantine Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 38
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English
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A dramatization of the confrontations between Robert E. Lee, Lawrence Chamberlain, and Ulysses S. Grant during the last two years of the Civil War.
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They met on the battlefields of Vicksburg: Ulysses S. Grant, George Armstrong Custer, and Johnny Yuma. United by fate in a nation divided by war, they were destined for greatness. Of the three, Johnny Yuma was the most elusive. A Confederate soldier during the war, he was about to play a key role in Grant's victory, Lee's surrender, and Custer's deadly campaigns. His life is the stuff of legend. But the truth has never been told--until now.
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Hanna and Alex Low Country volume 1
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Sage River Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"Charleston attorney Hanna Walsh finds her life in emotional and financial ruin when her husband is found murdered and a ruthless stranger thinks she's hiding millions he'll do anything to get back. Detective Alex Frank comes to Hanna's aid, but it may be too late to save what remains of her fragile life in this twisting story of mystery and suspense. An old letter and journal found in the attic of the family's beach house on Pawleys Island reveals...
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