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OverviewIn early 1862, the Civil War comes within view of the Brannon family farm in Culpeper County, Virginia. The din of drilling soldiers sweeps over the quiet county seat, and another Brannon son, Mac, answers the call to arms. The long-anticipated spring offensive pitches the Union and Confederate armies against each other on the Virginia Peninsula, and it appears that Richmond and the fledgling Confederacy are doomed. As the Southerners fall back before the slowly advancing Northern army, Mac is reunited with his older brother, Will, when Stonewall Jackson's triumphant troops arrive from the Shenandoah Valley to blunt the Federal onslaught. The fortunes of the Southern army change dramatically when Robert E. Lee is made commander. Lee's army strikes a stunning blow to the Northern army as his legions cross the Potomac River into Maryland. When the Federals intercept the Rebels near Antietam Creek, the two brothers are brought together in the bloodiest trial of the war thus far. The air is thick with shot and shell as wave after wave of Northern soldiers are hurled upon the Southern lines grouped near the town of Sharpsburg and a river of death. Antietam is the third book in this ten-volume series spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one Southern family. As the Brannon brothers answer the call to arms, the family finds itself struggling with dilemmas it had never imagined. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James Reasoner , Lloyd JamesPublisher: Blackstone Audiobooks,U.S. Imprint: Blackstone Audiobooks,U.S. Edition: Library Edition Dimensions: Width: 16.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 16.90cm Weight: 0.363kg ISBN: 9780786191291ISBN 10: 0786191295 Pages: 9 Publication Date: 01 September 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock Table of ContentsReviewsA ripping good read. -- Civil War News Fraught with passion, tension, and tenderness. -- Booklist The novel moves forward with alacrity and excellent pacing, punctuated by battles, skirmishes and romantic encounters aplenty. -- Publishers Weekly Reasoner's extensive fighting details makes visualizing easy in the reader's mind. -- Canyon Courier Reasoner's extensive fighting details makes visualizing easy in the reader's mind. -- Canyon Courier A ripping good read. -- Civil War News Fraught with passion, tension, and tenderness. -- Booklist The novel moves forward with alacrity and excellent pacing, punctuated by battles, skirmishes and romantic encounters aplenty. -- Publishers Weekly Fraught with passion, tension, and tenderness. -- Booklist A ripping good read. -- Civil War News Reasoner's extensive fighting details makes visualizing easy in the reader's mind. -- Canyon Courier The novel moves forward with alacrity and excellent pacing, punctuated by battles, skirmishes and romantic encounters aplenty. -- Publishers Weekly Author InformationJames Reasoner, a veteran writer of historical fiction, is the author of the Civil War Battle series and the Wagons West series. He has also written Westward, Expedition, and Outpost, a frontier trilogy set in the years before the Lewis and Clark expedition. He received the 2014 ReadWest Award for Literary Excellence in Fiction. Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been narrating since 1996 and has recorded over six hundred audiobooks. He is a seven-time winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award and has twice been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award. His critically acclaimed performances include Elvis in the Morning by William F. Buckley Jr. and Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin, among others. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |