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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780451211842
ISBN: 0451211847
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: May 04, 2004
Publisher: Signet
Release Date: May 04, 2004
Sales Rank: 343724
Studio: Signet
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The latest ballad novel from Sharyn McCrumb tells the true story of the Civil War in the Appalachians, where neighbors became enemies, and the half-life of violence keeps soldiers' ghosts abroad in the modern wilderness. For frontier lawyer Zeb Vance, the war was an odyssey that leads to the Governor's mansion. Malinda Blalock, who followed her young husband into battle, becomes a Union bushwhacker, making war against confederate sympathizers in the mountains.
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
This is in the same style as McCrumb's other books in the series. I really enjoyed it. In several of the other books she has referred to the civil war and the effect on the mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, and in this book she addresses it full on. She has done a lot of research, and did a great job bringing historical characters to life, as always. The books only weakness is that the modern story is hardly existent, which is unusual, and a little disappointing.
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This was a historical fiction book about the Civil War. Most of the places mentioned in the book were right here in North Carolina. Asheville, Statesville, Blowing Rock and Raleigh were mentioned several times. Even Charlotte was mentioned towards the end. I really tried to enjoy this book but after I finished it, I felt really let down. I am not sure if I was reading a history book or a sad attempt to weave some fiction with non-fiction. This book just did not capture my interest. My ears ... Read More
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McCrumb's books are noted for the blend - but in this one, history figures more prominently. As is true of most of her 'mountain books', there is a prevailing feeling of calm. Bloody killing, maiming, Civil War reinactors, history, mystery and a ghost story - all are there, but still there is that feeling of calm inevitability. (Perhaps I'm misusing the word `mystery' since this is not a traditional mystery at all).
The front of the hard cover edition has two compelling photographs ... Read More
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I love Sharyn McCrumb in general and her books are always fun, but this one was especially grand. I love the way she weaves history into the present and throws in plenty of supernatural phenomena as well. Her books always inspire me to check out the historical facts and learn a bit more about the events she writes about. The characters are realistic, the events are perfectly interwoven and the ending is never predictable. Well worth reading.
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Beautiful Story with Real Civil War History
McCrumb's Ghost Riders tells the story of how the Civil War in Appalachia was fought not between strangers from far away lands, but among families. For the mountainous regions of NC and TN, it was not unusual to have family and neighbors fighting on opposing sides. As Melinda, the tough mountain woman thinks, "it's (war) always personal and hard to forgive,..maybe it's because we never left home to do our fighting, ...we weren't making war on strangers....it ... Read More
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