Hillcountry warriors / Johnny Neil Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Johnny Neil, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Southern States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.

Southern States.

Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.

Mississippi.

History.

States' rights (American politics)--History--19th century--Fiction.

States' rights (American politics).

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

War stories.

Physical Description:

285 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Santa Fe : Sunstone Press, [1996]

Summary:

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY said: "Smith creates some stirring Civil War scenes and details the conflicts between former masters and slaves. Incidents involving the Choctaw are equally compelling, especially when the tribe is forced to flee to the Oklahoma territory. Smith's command of the era's politics and history and his feel for Southern family relationships make his tale an abaove-par work of period fiction".In this novel, set in the antebellum American South, a family who were among the first to enter east central Mississippi in the 1830s are forced into the Civil War despite their opposition to slavery. Many hardships in the unspoiled wilderness, their unusual friendship with the native Choctaws, and extreme trials following the crushing events of defeat in the war are woven into this story that takes the reader back into an era when a society that supported slavery as an institution was considered both moral and necessary.The author has always been interested in history and as an educator in Mississippi and Georgia, has taught Mississippi, Georgia, American and World History. He is now headmaster of Piedmont Academy in Monticello, Georgia. Over the years, he has spent numerous hours reading about the War Between the States and visiting battlefields where his great-grandfathers fought. The main character, John Wilson, was named after his grandfather and many of the accounts of battle and prison life relate to his great grandfather, Joseph Williams, who lost an arm in the battle for Atlanta and was sent to a Federal prison in Illinois. Mr. Smith has tried to recapture the emotion that existed during this time in history as was told to him my people who lived during that era. In one sense,this is their story.The ATLANTA JOURNAL reported: "The novel has everything a reader expects from an Old South Civil War story: love, war and adventure. It takes a different look at the period".

ISBN:

0865342474

OCLC:

34245578