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When the Missouri ran red : a novel of the civil war / Jim Woolard.

Woolard, Jim R., (author.).

Summary:
From two-time Spur Award-winning author Jim R. Woolard, a lyrical, violent, visceral Civil War epic filled with vivid historical details, gripping adventure, and raw human drama... Set in the final months of the American Civil War, this powerhouse of a novel from award-winning author and master historian Jim R. Woolard follows a young man's harrowing journey from Confederate captive to Union prisoner to unchained force of vengeance. Autumn, 1864. Rebel bushwhackers have seized and looted a small town in Missouri. Wounded and left for dead by his half-brother, seventeen-year-old Owen Wainwright is captured and conscripted by the Confederate Army. As the troops' blacksmith, he witnesses the horrors of war firsthand: the savagery of General Selby's Iron Brigade, the massacres of Union troops, the bloody battles at Lexington, Westport, and Mine Creek. Against all odds, Owen survives with the help of an unlikely ally--a new friend in arms and the only person he trusts. But if fate is cruel, war can be crueler . . . Caught in the crossfire of a deadly Yankee ambush, Owen is arrested and jailed in a Union prison. Beaten and brutalized by guards, he begins to give up hope--until a U.S. Marshal comes to him with an unusual offer. Owen's traitorous half-brother is wanted for murder. If Owen agrees to help the U.S. Marshal infiltrate the Texas winter camp of Confederate guerillas--and bring his brother to justice--Owen will have both his freedom and his revenge. But the risks are great. The price of getting caught is death. Filled with raw human drama, blistering battle scenes, and vivid historical details, When the Missouri Ran Red is destined to be a classic in the field and a treasure for Civil War buffs.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1496734068
  • ISBN: 9781496734068
  • Physical Description: 304 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Kensington, 2021.
Subject: Missouri > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction.
Genre: War stories.

Available copies

  • 7 of 7 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Knoxville Public Library F WOO (Text) 30543003737353 Adult Fiction Available -
Reading Public Library RPL - Main Fiction Woolard (Text) 33223008692245 Fiction Available -
Spring Township Library WOO (Text) 33249024571949 Fiction Available -
Taylor Community Library FICTION WOOLARD (Text) 50692010943796 Adult Fiction Available -
Westfield Public Library F WOO (Text) 31173000298669 Adult Fiction Available -
Bethlehem Main Library f (Text) 33062009502387 Adult Fiction Available -
Clymer Library FIC WOO (Text) 32596000507425 Adult Fiction Available -


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