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Original Title:	The Widow of the South
ISBN:	0446697435 (ISBN13: 9780446697439)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Carrie McGavock, John McGavock, Zachariah Cashwell, Mariah
Setting:	United States of America Tennessee(United States)

The Widow of the South Paperback | Pages: 436 pages

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Title	:	The Widow of the South
Author	:	Robert Hicks
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 436 pages
Published	:	September 26th 2006 by Grand Central Publishing (first published August 30th 2005)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Military History. Civil War. War. American. Southern. American History. American Civil War

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Tennessee, 1864. On a late autumn day, near a little town called Franklin, 10,000 men will soon lie dead or dying in a battle that will change many lives for ever. None will be more changed than Carrie McGavock, who finds her home taken over by the Confederate army and turned into a field hospital. Taking charge, she finds the courage to face up to the horrors around her and, in doing so, finds a cause. Out on the battlefield, a tired young Southern soldier drops his guns and charges forward into Yankee territory, holding only the flag of his company's colours. He survives and is brought to the hospital. Carrie recognizes something in him - a willingness to die - and decides on that day, in her house, she will not let him. In the pain-filled days and weeks that follow, both find a form of mutual healing that neither thinks possible. In this extraordinary debut novel based on a true story, Robert Hicks has written an epic novel of love and heroism set against the madness of the American Civil War.

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This was one of the best books I've read this year. It was a beautifully written book about a woman in the south whose home is commandeered and turned into a hospital. It wakes her up from a deep depression and changes her life. In the end, her acreage becomes the cemetary for the thousands of soldiers killed in Franklin, Tennessee. She cared for their graves and mourned for them the remainder of her life. I loved this book and the value the story placed on the lives of those soldiers who fought

May 7, 2008 - I went to the Carnton Plantation 2 years ago and have been wanting to read this book since then. The visit was amazing and seeing all of the headstones in the cemetary was unbelievable - 1500 (I believe) of them on the property all from one brief battle. The wood floors in the house still contain the bloodstains from this battle that lasted a short time ( a few hours I believe). The floors were completely destroyed by all of the injured and dying soldiers that were brought into

I lived for several years in middle Tennessee and actually visited Stone River Battlefield for a candlelight cemetery tour ... listening to readings of actual letters written by soldiers buried there. I even lived in Franklin, TN and drove past the Carnton Plantation on a regular basis, never knowing the story of Carrie McGavock until reading this book. Carrie was a true heroine of the Civil War and her story should heard so that everyone can recognize the bravery and strength she had. Carrie's

The premise of this book had great potential, as it's based on the true story of Carrie McGavock whose plantation home Carnton was confiscated as a battle hospital during the Civil War's bloodiest conflict the "Battle of Franklin" in 1864. Through the tragedy Carrie, who was already having hardships of her own including the deaths of three children and a marriage slowly eroded by grief finds strength in offering aid to dying soldiers, love by caring for Zachariah Cashwell, who has received a

After Carrie McGavock beat a wounded soldier with a crutch, I couldn't bring myself to finish this book. If you want a good Battle of Franklin read, pick up one of Howard Bahr's books. The Black Flower is his best.

the only thing that garnered the 2nd star for me was the characters mariah and theopolis, the interesting battle scene and some of the historical context. i thought everyone else was too weird, too boring, too blah. i couldn't read any faster. i had 50 pages to go for 2 days. it was like running in quicksand. i found carrie to be so obsessed with herself and her grief and how everyone else around her seemed to owe her something emotionally. the majority of this book was drawn-out, uninteresting

THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH is an excellent, breath-taking and fascinating read. I cant help but say that this book deeply moved me. The words, Carnton, Franklin, Tennessee, will never have the same meaning to me now that Ive read this amazing novel. In his debut novel, Robert Hicks does a masterful job in telling us a true story of historical significance, written with the style of a seasoned author. After reading My Name is Mary Sutter Ive become very interesting in reading novels about the