Judas Field by Howard Bahr
It's been twenty years since Cass Wakefield returned from the Civil War to his hometown in Mississippi, but he is still haunted by battlefield memories. Now, one afternoon in 1885, he is presented with a chance to literally retrace his steps from the past and face the truth behind the events that led to the loss of so many friends and comrades. The opportunity arrives in the form of Cass's childhood friend Alison, a dying woman who urges Cass to accompany her on a trip to Franklin, Tennessee, to recover the bodies of her father and brother. As they make their way north over the battlefields, they are joined by two of Cass's former brothers-in-arms, and his memories re-emerge with overwhelming vividness. Before long the group has assembled on the haunted ground of Franklin, where past and present, the legacy of the war and the narrow hope of redemption, will draw each of them toward a painful confrontation. Moving between harrowing scenes of battle and the novel's present-day quest, Howard Bahr re-creates this era with devastating authority, proving himself once again to be the pre-eminent contemporary novelist of the Civil War.
Howard Bahr was born in Meridian, Mississippi. During the Vietnam War, he was a gunner s mate in the U.S. Navy and later worked as a brakeman and yard clerk on five railroads in the South and Midwest. He earned a master s degree in English from the University of Mississippi and was on staff at Rowan Oak, the home of William Faulkner, serving as curator from 1982 to 1993. The author of three previous novels The Black Flower, The Year of Jubilo, and The Judas Field he currently resides in Jackson, Mississippi, and teaches at Belhaven College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780805067392 |
| ISBN 10 | 0805067396 |
| Title | Judas Field |
| Author | Howard Bahr |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Henry Holt & Company Inc |
| Year published | 2006-07-25 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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