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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... Fiction . 3. Patriotism - Fiction . 4 . Slavery - Fiction . ] I. Title . PZ7.E453An 2004 [ Fic ] -de22 Typography by Larissa Lawrynenko 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 First Edition 2003024941 CIP AC For my beautiful family : Megan , Peter , and.
... beautiful but Irish - Catholic Miriam . She tried hard during his lifetime to shed her heritage for him , even dropping her heartfelt religion to become Episcopalian . But Miriam's roots always showed when she comforted someone . Miriam ...
... . He was trying to say more , but his voice was getting fainter . " Cannon explosion killed my horse .... Beautiful horse , called him Ulysses . . . perhaps not the most auspicious name , after all ... Rolled over on me.
... beautiful sister . " As they climbed the cellar stairs and walked through the small frame house , Laurence told her more of Stuart . " He is absolutely insane and brilliant at the same time , Annie . Amazing valor . Three weeks ago ...
... beautiful . " Somehow poetry had normalized the strangeness of their meeting and conversation . For a moment , Annie forgot that this man was a declared enemy of her family , her homeland , her way of life . She liked him . And then she ...