Ghost Riders by Sharyn Mccrumb
Critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling author Sharyn McCrumb chronicles the Civil War in the Southern mountains in Ghost Riders, an extraordinary tale of a war fought farm to farm, neighbor to neighbor in the North Carolina mountains, a part of the South that never wanted to leave the Union. Ghost Riders is a compelling Civil War tale with a chilling twist (Library Journal), primarily narrated by historical figures Zebulon Vance (colonel of the 26th North Carolina and later Confederate governor of North Carolina) and Malinda Blalock (who disguised herself as a boy and went with her husband when he was forced to enlist in the Confederate army). With few people left to trust, the Blalocks head for high ground to avoid the county militia and soon become hard-riding, deadly outlaws. Rattler, an old mountain root doctor who has the sight, speaks for the present; he fears that the zeal of a local Wake County, Tennessee, Civil War reenactors' group will awaken the restless spirits of the real soldiers still wandering the mountains. Ghost Riders captures the horrors of a war that tore families apart, turned neighbors into enemies, and left the survivors bitter long after the fighting was officially over. This new paperback edition has a foreword by North Carolina Civil War historian Michael Hardy.Sharyn McCrumb is a New York Times bestselling author noted for her Appalachian Ballad novels such as The Ballad of Frankie Silver, She Walks These Hills, and The Ballad of Tom Dooley. The East Tennessee Historical Society's Wilma Dykeman Prize for Literature and the Audie Award for Outstanding Recorded Book went to Ghost Riders. She was a featured author at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. In 2006, she was named a Virginia Woman of History for Literature Achievement by the White House, and the Library of Virginia named her a Virginia Woman of History for Literature Achievement in 2008. Chowan University in North Carolina gave her the Mary Frances Hobson Award for Southern Writing in 2014.
She is based in Roanoke, Virginia, where she writes. Kirkus Reviews Popular North Carolina author McCrumb (The Songcatcher, etc.) returns with another epic song of a novel, this time a multi-tiered Civil War saga with an otherworldly twist that connects past and present. Publishers Weekly is a publication dedicated to the publishing industry.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780895875761 |
| ISBN 10 | 0895875764 |
| Title | Ghost Riders |
| Author | Sharyn Mccrumb |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John F Blair Publisher |
| Year published | 2012-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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