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Widow Of Gettysburg
Jocelyn Green

Widow Of Gettysburg

Heroines Behind the Lines Civil War #2
9780802405777
| Paperback
320 pages | 140 x 216 mm | River North | 2013
Dewey GRE
LC Classification 468
LC Control No. 2012047668

Genre

  • Adult Fiction
  • Christian Fiction
  • Historical Fiction

Subject

  • Gettysburg, Battle Of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 - Fiction
  • United States - History - Fiction

Plot

When a horrific battle rips through Gettysburg, the farm of Union widow Liberty Holloway is disfigured into a Confederate field hospital, bringing her face to face with unspeakable suffering--and a Rebel scout who awakens her long dormant heart.While Liberty's future crumbles as her home is destroyed, the past comes rushing back to Bella, a former slave and Liberty's hired help, when she finds herself surrounded by Southern soldiers, one of whom knows the secret that would place Liberty in danger if revealed.In the wake of shattered homes and bodies, Liberty and Bella struggle to pick up the pieces the battle has left behind. Will Liberty be defined by the tragedy in her life, or will she find a way to triumph over it?Widow of Gettysburg is inspired by first-person accounts from women who lived in Gettysburg during the battle and its aftermath.