Bibliograph

The Yankee widow, Linda Lael Miller

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The Yankee widow, Linda Lael Miller

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The Yankee widow

Responsibility statement

Linda Lael Miller

Summary

Caroline is the young wife of Jacob, who together live on farm raising thier daughter just outside Gettysburg. When Jacob joins the Northern Army, no one anticipates he will not return. Then Caroline gets word that her husband is wounded, and she must find her way alone to Washington City and search amoung the thousands of casualties to find him. When Jacob succumbs to his injuries, she brings his body home on the eve of the deadliest battle of the war. With troops and looters roaming the countryside, it is impossible to know who is friend and who is foe. A richly layered, emotional novel about one woman's courage and the choices she must make in the face of a dangerous war

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Yankee widow, a novel

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