Annie, Between the StatesHarper Collins, 2004 - 496페이지 The civil war has broken out, and Annie Sinclair's Virginia home, Hickory Heights, is right in the line of battle. Caught up in the rising conflict, Annie and her mother tend to wounded soldiers while Annie's older brother, Laurence, enlists in the Confederate cavalry under Jeb Stuart. Even Annie's rambunctious baby brother, Jamie, joins John Mosby, the notorious "Gray Ghost." Faced with invading armies, Annie is compelled into a riskier role to protect her family and farm. She conceals Confederate soldiers and warns Southern commanders of Union traps, and the flamboyant Jeb Stuart dubs her "Lady Liberty." Annie's loyalty is clear until a wounded Union officer is dragged onto her porch. Saved from a bullet by a volume of Keats' poetry he keeps in his pocket, Thomas Walker startles Annie with his love of verse. After several chance encounters, Annie is surprised by her growing interest in the dark-eyed Northerner as they connect through a shared passion for poetry. As the war rages on, Annie begins to question some of the values driving Virginia's involvement. Then tragedy befalls Hickory Heights, and Annie becomes the subject of a shocking accusation. She must confront the largest quandary of all: choosing her own course. L. M. Elliott crafts a stirring novel that carries readers from the Manassas battlefield to fancy-dress balls to the burning of the Shenandoah Valley while capturing the tenacious spirit of a young heroine facing an extraordinary, complex time in American history. |
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... Union as the Constitution guaranteed they could do if they no longer agreed with its policies , President Lincoln declared war and called for seventy- five thousand volunteers to put down the insurrection- eight thousand recruits were ...
... Union bluecoats crossed the Potomac River and occupied the town in May . Then she and most of the other girls had left . Usually , she would have ridden the train out the Orange & Alexandria Railway to Manassas Junction and spent the ...
... Union army had just taken over Aunt Molly's yard with their wounded . They'd run off with Mother's carriage horses and the few work horses Aunt Molly had , too . Something about the cavalry and preserv- ing the glorious Union . How ...
... Union officer more carefully . He had dark , questioning eyes , and a lean , clean - cut face with none of the bombastic whiskers so many of the men grew that made them look like walruses . He was trying to say more , but his voice was ...
... Union soldier popped out of the corn , looked back , stopped , fired , then ran on . Another dashed out , suddenly splayed out in a spasm , and fell . A third bluecoat stumbled out of the stalks , crawling , screaming , moving on all ...