A Thousand Miles to Alabama (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781413450361)

In this book of historical fiction the central character, a released Civil War prisoner, thinks and speaks in the vernacular of his time and region. His purpose, besides getting home, is to deliver a letter and brooch to the widow of his best friend, who died in his arms in prison. The action follows him as he walks over a thousand miles home to Alabama, meeting kind strangers and experiencing rejection, hunger and the brutality of bushwhackers along the way. Through it all he walks steadily toward home and finds romance in an unexpected place.

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Author: Nelle Clegg Watson
ISBN-10: 1413450369
ISBN-13: 9781413450361
Publisher: Xlibris Us
Language: English
Published: 01/05/2005
Pages: 138
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.44d