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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... hard and the floor quaked . Annie forgot her queasy stomach . Lord save us . Those were closer - she was sure of it . She was no expert ; she'd known the sounds of war for only a few hours now . But she was learning fast . When she'd ...
... 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 undid the officer's shirt and pulled it back . As ...
... of stored food there , and couldn't help but feel a little bit superior and sorry for her aunt and her cousins . They had to work so hard to scratch out a living . The soil around Manassas was poor and overtilled . Her 21.
... hard . " Mother ? Aunt Molly ? Annie ? Where are you ? " Laurence . It was Laurence ! Annie felt the world weave and her knees give out as the floor came up to bang her head . CHAPTER THREE " Is this this the same sister I 24.
... hard today , son ? ” Laurence began to speak , stopped , then began again in a hushed tone . “ It . . .was disturbing , Mother , I'll not lie . We were ordered into battle several hours after the fighting had begun . Colonel Stuart ...