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Deserter : Murder at Gettysburg / by Jane Langton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Langton, Jane.
- Series:
- The Homer Kelly Mysteries
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military deserters--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Deserter
- Place of Publication:
- S.l. : MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Homer and his wife fight to restore the besmirched legacy of a long-dead relativeHomer and Mary Kelly have wandered through Harvard University's Memorial Hall dozens of times, but never have they lingered over the long list of alumni who died for the Union during the Civil War. One afternoon, the setting sun casts its light on the name of Seth Morgan, Mary's disgraced great-great-grandfather. She knows little of her ancestor's life, for family lore holds that he was a deserter, and a blight on the Morgan name. But as she and her husband dig into the dead man's story, they find something astonishing.The mystery deepens as the story shifts from past to present. Even in 1863 it was difficult to know just what happened on the blood-soaked fields of Gettysburg, but no matter what it takes, Homer and Mary will find truth, and restore the honor of a man who died fighting for his country.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- PART I: THE TABLETS
- THE SHAME
- PART II: THE SECOND MASSACHUSETTS
- PRIVATE OTIS PIKE
- LIEUTENANT COLONEL MUDGE
- PART III: THE ARCHIVES
- THE BLANK PAGE
- PART IV: OTIS SKEDADDLES
- SEEING THE ELEPHANT
- SOMETHING MAGNIFICENT
- A LONG NIGHT FOR OTIS PIKE
- THE WORD OF GOD
- PART V: THE HONOR OF THE FAMILY
- A STUDY OF WHISKERS
- UP-ATTIC
- PART VI: SKEDADDLING AGAIN
- PURE HAPPINESS
- OLD HARVARD CHUMS
- EUSTIS AND FARRAR
- OTIS, WHERE WERE YOU?
- PART VII: THE FIELD OF BATTLE
- STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL
- THE SHOP
- PART VIII: THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE
- IT WAS THE GENERALS
- MORNING REPORT
- PART IX: THE NUTTINESS OF EBENEZER
- THE HAIR PRESUMPTIVE
- ONCE AGAIN, HER FACE
- PART X: IDA
- THE SURGEON
- A TIDY LITTLE VILLAGE
- IDA ON THE BATTLEFIELD
- MR. BUSHMAN'S BARN
- THE DEAD OF THE TWELFTH CORPS
- THE EMBALMING SURGEON
- LIEUTENANT GOBRIGHT
- MY DEAR DAUGHTER
- TO BALTIMORE
- PART XI: THE BLOODSTAINED COAT
- THE GUN THAT WON THE WAR
- THE POCKETS
- EBENEZER'S TRASH
- PART XII: LILY LEBEAU
- A LITTLE PIECE OF BAD NEWS
- CALM THY FEARS
- HER WIFELY DEVOTION
- THE BURIAL PARTY
- ANOTHER SKEDADDLE
- PART XIII: OUT OF THE DARK
- FAMILY ALBUM
- GLORIOUS LIBRARIES
- PART XIV: THE MARBLE HEART
- NO WIFELY CLAIM
- A LETTER FROM EUDOCIA
- BABIES THAT GET STUCK
- AROUND THE PIANO
- A GIGANTIC FIREARM
- PART XV: THE CONCORD ROSEBUD
- A TRIFLE FISHY
- THE SCRAPBOOK
- PART XVI: FINDING LILY
- THE B&
- O
- IDA FORLORN
- THE NEW SHAPE OF THE WORLD
- THE LIVING STATUE
- IDA'S DRAWERS
- THE HOSPITALS
- SOMEONE KNOCKING
- PART XVII: INVITED BACK
- TOO FANTASTIC
- THE SMASHED GLASS
- PART XVIII: THE PATENT OFFICE
- THE SURPRISING PATIENT
- CAMPED NEAR A SLOUGH
- "OH MY!"
- THE SEWING MACHINE
- PART XIX: THE LAST SKEDADDLE OF OTIS PIKE.
- THE NEEDLE'S EYE
- THE QUESTION MARKS
- THREE STITCHES OF DOUBLE CROCHET
- DARLING IDA
- FLABBERGASTING DEDUCTIONS
- PART XX: THE AGREEMENT
- THE SMOKING CAP
- PART XXI: UNBOUND REGIMENTAL PAPERS
- GOD BLESS THE ARCHIVISTS AND ALL THE LIBRARIANS
- MISCELLANEOUS
- GOBRIGHT'S REPORT
- OUTPOSTS OF THE CRANIUM
- THE GREAT ROLL CALL IN THE SKY
- FRESH AND BLEEDING
- THE FLOWER OF THE NATION
- THE HORRID BANG
- VARIOUS PATRIOTIC REMARKS
- AFTERWORD
- Preview: Steeplechase
- Copyright Page.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4532-5228-2
- OCLC:
- 798928628
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