Commendation "A stunning tale of life in Georgia in the years leading up to the Civil War. The fictional characters are as real as the historical ones." Dr. John Duncan, Professor Emeritus, Armstrong Atlantic State University Synopsis Though Savannah's beautiful squares and architecture were already acclaimed in antebellum years, the city also struggled with dramatic challenges. A third of the population was enslaved. A steamship explosion killed many of its leading citizens. A local businessman tried to reopen the slave trade. And events were leading, inevitably, to civil war. Into this...
Commendation "A stunning tale of life in Georgia in the years leading up to the Civil War. The fictional characters are as real as the historical ones...
A young woman, betrayed by friends, lost a young daughter to abduction. A husband, two sons whose hatred of each other leads to further tragedy. Finally redemption for the family as a stranger calls.
A young woman, betrayed by friends, lost a young daughter to abduction. A husband, two sons whose hatred of each other leads to further tragedy. Final...
The War Between the States changed everything for Southerners--mostly for the worse. James McBain of Savannah, owner of the prosperous Heritage plantation that made Savannah Grey bricks, was already despondent by the time his son Joseph departed for the battlefields of Virginia in May 1861. His daughter Amy had recently moved to New York with her husband, as had Joseph's wife with the couple's baby girl, leaving James and his wife Sarah to care for Danny, Joseph's six-year-old son. And the entire family still grieved over the murder of Joseph's life-long companion and free man of color,...
The War Between the States changed everything for Southerners--mostly for the worse. James McBain of Savannah, owner of the prosperous Heritage pla...
Recounts the flamboyant and reckless life of Savannah businessman Charles Lamar, including Lamar's involvement in southern secession, the slave trade, and a plot to overthrow the government of Cuba. The second part presents the ""Slave-Trader's Letter-Book"" which sheds light on the lead-up to the American Civil War.
Recounts the flamboyant and reckless life of Savannah businessman Charles Lamar, including Lamar's involvement in southern secession, the slave trade,...
