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Critically acclaimed New York Times-best-selling author Sharyn
McCrumb chronicles the Civil War in the Southern mountains in Ghost
Riders, an extraordinary tale of a war fought farm to farm,
neighbor to neighbor in the North Carolina mountains, a part of the
South that never wanted to leave the Union. Ghost Riders is "a
compelling Civil War tale with a chilling twist" (Library Journal),
primarily narrated by historical figures Zebulon Vance (colonel of
the 26th North Carolina and later Confederate governor of North
Carolina) and Malinda Blalock (who disguised herself as a boy and
went with her husband when he was forced to enlist in the
Confederate army). With few people left to trust, the Blalocks head
for high ground to avoid the county militia and soon become
hard-riding, deadly outlaws. Rattler, an old mountain root doctor
who has the sight, speaks for the present; he fears that the zeal
of a local Wake County, Tennessee, Civil War reenactors' group will
awaken the restless spirits of the real soldiers still wandering
the mountains. Ghost Riders captures the horrors of a war that tore
families apart, turned neighbors into enemies, and left the
survivors bitter long after the fighting was officially over. This
new paperback edition has a foreword by North Carolina Civil War
historian Michael Hardy. Sharyn McCrumb is an award-winning
Southern writer best known for her Appalachian Ballad novels,
including New York Times bestsellers The Ballad of Frankie Silver,
She Walks These Hills, and The Ballad of Tom Dooley. Ghost Riders
was the winner of the Wilma Dykeman Award for Literature, given by
the East Tennessee Historical Society, and the Audie Award for Best
Recorded Book. She was a guest author at the National Festival of
the Book in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the White House in 2006,
and in 2008, the Library of Virginia named her a "Virginia Woman of
History" for Achievement in Literature. In 2014, she was awarded
the Mary Frances Hobson Prize for Southern Literature by North
Carolina's Chowan University. She lives and writes near Roanoke,
Virginia.
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Imprint: |
John F. Blair Publisher
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2012 |
First published: |
March 2012 |
Authors: |
Sharyn McCrumb
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Dimensions: |
213 x 140 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-89587-576-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
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LSN: |
0-89587-576-4 |
Barcode: |
9780895875761 |
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