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Chargement... Bushwhackers and Broken Hearts: Letters from Missouri during the Civil Warpar P. J. Sullivan
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This non-fiction book will take you back to rural Missouri during the War between the States. Candid letters to a Union soldier reveal intimate details about his people back home, and clues to their family secrets. A saga of love and infidelity, of patriotism and desertion, of troubled birth and tragic death, of commodity prices and crying babies-the stuff of daily life in a Missouri torn apart by fear and animosity. This was the home front of the war, but it was not safe from the storm. Authentic Civil War letters, fully annotated and discussed. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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These Civil War letters were tucked away at the Missouri Historical Society for many years, unknown to the descendants of the letter writers. I am a descendant. When I discovered them in 2007 I undertook to decipher them and assemble them into a readable story. Even to read them was a challenge, but now we can catch a glimpse into those troubled times in the lives of three ordinary families in rural Missouri. The history books tell us about the Civil War in the South and the East, but don't say much about upper Missouri, which was wilder than the Wild West in those days. These letters are authentic primary sources.
This book is 100% nonfiction. It is not a novel. It does not promise a happy ending or romance on every page. It leaves the reader with questions as well as answers.