Brave enemies / a novel by Robert Morgan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morgan, Robert, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Carolina--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Fiction.

South Carolina.

History.

Cowpens, Battle of, Cowpens, S.C., 1781--Fiction.

Cowpens, Battle of, Cowpens, S.C., 1781.

Passing (Identity)--Fiction.

Passing (Identity).

Spouses of clergy--Fiction.

Spouses of clergy.

Women soldiers--Fiction.

Women soldiers.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Love stories.

War stories.

Physical Description:

309 pages : map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2003.

Summary:

DESCRIPTION After murdering her abusive stepfather, Josie Summers, escapes into the Carolina wilderness disguised as a boy. She is befriended by John Trethman, a traveling minister, who is unaware that she's a girl. As they travel together from one rural community to the next, they witness the ravages of war, and both come to realize that no one is safe from the brutality. When Trethman discovers Josie's real identity he's wracked with guilt for sharing a home with an unwed woman, but ultimately realizes he's in love with her. Soon after they marry, British soldiers arrest him as a spy and force him to minister to their wounded and dead. Josie escapes, and, disguised as a boy again, joins the militia to fight in the Battle of Cowpens, where her fate and the fate of the country are sealed.

Notes:

"A Shannon Ravenel book."

ISBN:

1565123565

OCLC:

52127429