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Inman leaves the horrors of the American Civil War and begins a long, dangerous journey home to Ada, the woman he loves. Along the way, he witnesses great poverty, cruelty, and violence. Will he ever see Ada again? And if he does, will she recognize the man he has become?

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A Whitmanesque foray into America: into its hugeness, its freshness, its scope and its soul. -James Polk, The New York Times Book Review An astonishing debut . . . a genuinely romantic saga that attains the status of literature. --Malcolm Jones, Newsweek As close to a masterpiece as American writing is going to come these days. -Fred Chappell, Raleigh News & Observer Charles Frazier's feeling for the Southern landscape is reverential and beautifully composed. He has written an astonishing first novel. -Alfred Kazin, The New York Review of Books

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