Against the backdrop of America's Civil War, Whispers of Glory portrays the unity of family and the pull of personal desires and beliefs. For each member of the Morrow family-Henry, Sarah, and their five children-the war had different meanings. To Henry, the war was a calamity; to Sarah, a horror; to the Morrow sons, a Crusade; and to the Morrow daughters, an opportunity. In telling the story of the stand-off between the hopes of a father and the dreams of his sons; between parents who fear for their daughters and daughters who have yet to learn fear; and between autocratic husbands of habit...