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Unconquered. Johnny Neil Smith
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isbn 9781611390612
Автор произведения Johnny Neil Smith
Издательство Ingram
UNCONQUERED
UNCONQUERED
A Novel
Johnny Neil Smith
CONTENTS
20 Homecoming At Newton Station
© 2008 by Johnny Neil Smith. All rights reserved.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Smith, Johnny Neil, 1939-
Unconquered : a novel / by Johnny Neil Smith.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-86534-515-7 (softcover : alk. paper)
1. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence--Fiction. 2. Southern States--Social
conditions--1865-1945--Fiction. 3. Southern States--Race relations--Fiction. I. Title.
PS3569.M5375514U63 2008
813’.54--dc22
2007046320
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DEDICATED TO MY THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN:
Christopher, Richard, and Jami.
Truly, a blessing from above.
PROLOGUE
The battle flags had been furled, the hills, meadows and woodlands where men once struggled in bloody conflict and brought a new country to its knees, was now peaceful. The brutal sound of clashing armies was now replaced by the soft whisper of birds and breezes. Only the torn and shattered trunks of trees and an occasional row of lonely graves confirmed the terrible sacrifice that had been made. The battles had ended, but other conflicts lay ahead, conflicts that would test the inner soul of a young democracy. The year was 1866.
The nineteenth century had brought flourishing change to the United States. Waves of immigrants flooding the cities along the eastern seacoast surrendered their family ties to venture into a new country. They brought with them their hopes and dreams of finding a better life; a life where a man could acquire his own piece of land and build a home for his wife and children; a life where personal freedom was guaranteed, for himself and his posterity.
In the northeastern United