The black harvest : a novel of the American Civil War / Daren Dean.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dean, Daren, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

United States.

History.

Wilson's Creek, Battle of, Mo., 1861.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

365 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Livingston, Alabama : The University of West Alabama Press, [2021]

Summary:

"In The Black Harvest young Ashby Marchbanks finds himself disillusioned with the regular Army in Missouri after it suffers a crushing defeat at Wilson's Creek during the Civil War. Forced to take the loyalty oath and return home in Howard County near Glasgow, he attempts to follow in his father's footsteps and attend William Jewell College where he labors over the Word of God. It's not long before Charles Jennison's Red Legs come to call, and after hanging his father and terrorizing his family, Marchbanks is shot and left for dead. Ashby (or "Preacher") falls in with the deadly bushwhackers, infamous Captain Quantrill's bushwhackers, who fight battles on their own terms without the sanction of Jefferson Davis and the impromptu Confederate government. He becomes well acquainted with Frank James and his younger brother Jesse. They fight together with many others who would become notorious in their own right under another violent young chieftain, Captain Bloody Bill Anderson"-- |c Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781604892703

1604892706

9781604892710

1604892714

OCLC:

1249077673