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Literature & Fiction

Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the Civil War

Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the Civil War

Winner of the Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction, the John Eston Cook Award, and the Boyd Military Novel Award: â€œOne of the best Civil War novels . . . McCaigâ€™s prose is gorgeous . . . stunning.â€â€•Houston Chronicle
Duncan Gatewood, seventeen and heir to Gatewood Plantation, falls in love with Maggie, a mulatto slave, who conceives a son, Jacob. Maggie and Jacob are sold south, and Duncan is packed off to the Virginia Military Instituteâ€•he will eventually fight for Robert E. Lee. Another Gatewood slave, Jesseâ€•whose love for Maggie is unrequitedâ€•escapes to find her. Jesse finds his freedom and enlists in Mr. Lincolnâ€™s army; in time he will confront his former masters.

In his award-winning novel of the interlocked lives of masters and slaves, Donald McCaig conjures a passionate and richly textured story in the heart of Americaâ€™s greatest war.
Country USA
Brand W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer W. W. Norton & Company
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2009-12-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780393337105

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