The Black Flower: A Novel of The Civil War, 1997 1st Edition
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The Black Flower: A Novel of The Civil War
BAHR, Howard
Published by Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America, Baltimore, MD, 1997
First edition. His very well received first book, a novel of the Civil War, which had a fairly small print run. Very Nice. Previous owner bookplate
Title: The Black Flower: A Novel of The Civil War
Publisher: Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America, Baltimore, MD
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
This powerful story of a young rifleman's agony during the Battle of Franklin in 1864 ranks with the foremost novels of the Civil War. It has already won praise for it's originality and power in the New York Times Book Review, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Southern Living and many other journals. The black flower symbolizes the rifleman's sense of doom in the misdst of Union cannons firing upon John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee. That army literally dissappears in a hail of rifle and cannon fire from the Union entrenchments. Bushrod Carter's senses record the Confederate charge and it's deadly consequences with the clarity of Michael Shaara's Killer Angels and the poetry of Stephen Vincent Benet's epic "John Brown's Body"
Publisher : Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America; First Edition (April 1, 1997)
Language : English
Hardcover : 267 pages
Item Weight : 1 pounds
Dimensions : 6.5 x 0.75 x 9.5 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,438,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#11,652 in War Fiction (Books)
#66,197 in American Literature (Books)
#80,085 in Historical Fiction (Books)
From Kirkus Reviews
Bahr makes an impressive debut with a haunting tale of a brief but bloody encounter on the road to Nashville, which helped put paid to the Confederate cause in the latter stages of America's Civil War. Although a university graduate, Bushrod Carter is a private soldier in the 21st Mississippi, a storied regiment in the battered Southern army commanded by General John Bell Hood. Scattered by Sherman's march to the sea, Bushrod and his fellow veterans (wearied by three years of unremitting combat) find themselves facing fresh Union forces outside Franklin, Tenn., in late November of 1864. Ordered to attack, they advance across an open field to meet their entrenched foe on a fine autumn afternoon. After a fierce battle (seen only through the eyes of women and children in the farmstead Rebel officers have requisitioned as a hospital), the real horrors begin. Bandsmen bearing wounded from the battlefield by the light of guttering torches find Bushrod (who's sustained a concussion and lost a finger) almost by chance beneath a pile of corpses, but his two best friends did not survive the engagement. Meantime, under cover of darkness, scavengers roam the killing ground stripping the dead of their valuables, and a former teacher crazed by the carnage prays that God will forgive the South. Apparently little the worse for wear, Bushrod eventually manages to locate and bury his dead mates. Assisting him in this sad business is Anna Hereford, a relative visiting the family that owns the farm. While nearly dehumanized by what he's been through, the young--and doomed--rifleman feels attracted to Anna, who warily returns his interest. He soon follows his fallen comrades, however, leaving Anna to grieve for what might have been. A bleakly effective and economical account of men and women caught up in a bestial conflict.
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The Black Flower: A Novel of The Civil War, 1997 1st Edition
$34.40
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$34.40
Regular price
BAHR, Howard
Published by Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America, Baltimore, MD, 1997
First edition. His very well received first book, a novel of the Civil War, which had a fairly small print run. Very Nice. Previous owner bookplate
Title: The Black Flower: A Novel of The Civil War
Publisher: Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America, Baltimore, MD
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
This powerful story of a young rifleman's agony during the Battle of Franklin in 1864 ranks with the foremost novels of the Civil War. It has already won praise for it's originality and power in the New York Times Book Review, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, Southern Living and many other journals. The black flower symbolizes the rifleman's sense of doom in the misdst of Union cannons firing upon John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee. That army literally dissappears in a hail of rifle and cannon fire from the Union entrenchments. Bushrod Carter's senses record the Confederate charge and it's deadly consequences with the clarity of Michael Shaara's Killer Angels and the poetry of Stephen Vincent Benet's epic "John Brown's Body"
Publisher : Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America; First Edition (April 1, 1997)
Language : English
Hardcover : 267 pages
Item Weight : 1 pounds
Dimensions : 6.5 x 0.75 x 9.5 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,438,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
#11,652 in War Fiction (Books)
#66,197 in American Literature (Books)
#80,085 in Historical Fiction (Books)
From Kirkus Reviews
Bahr makes an impressive debut with a haunting tale of a brief but bloody encounter on the road to Nashville, which helped put paid to the Confederate cause in the latter stages of America's Civil War. Although a university graduate, Bushrod Carter is a private soldier in the 21st Mississippi, a storied regiment in the battered Southern army commanded by General John Bell Hood. Scattered by Sherman's march to the sea, Bushrod and his fellow veterans (wearied by three years of unremitting combat) find themselves facing fresh Union forces outside Franklin, Tenn., in late November of 1864. Ordered to attack, they advance across an open field to meet their entrenched foe on a fine autumn afternoon. After a fierce battle (seen only through the eyes of women and children in the farmstead Rebel officers have requisitioned as a hospital), the real horrors begin. Bandsmen bearing wounded from the battlefield by the light of guttering torches find Bushrod (who's sustained a concussion and lost a finger) almost by chance beneath a pile of corpses, but his two best friends did not survive the engagement. Meantime, under cover of darkness, scavengers roam the killing ground stripping the dead of their valuables, and a former teacher crazed by the carnage prays that God will forgive the South. Apparently little the worse for wear, Bushrod eventually manages to locate and bury his dead mates. Assisting him in this sad business is Anna Hereford, a relative visiting the family that owns the farm. While nearly dehumanized by what he's been through, the young--and doomed--rifleman feels attracted to Anna, who warily returns his interest. He soon follows his fallen comrades, however, leaving Anna to grieve for what might have been. A bleakly effective and economical account of men and women caught up in a bestial conflict.
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