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Widow of the South Read by Becky Ann Baker and various others

In 1894 Carrie McGavock is an old woman who has only her former slave to keep her company ... and the almost 1,500 soldiers buried in her backyard. Years before, rather than let someone plow over the field where these young men had been buried, Carrie dug them up and reburied them in her own personal cemetery. Now, as she walks the rows of the dead, an old soldier appears. It is the man she met on the day of the battle that changed everything. The man who came to her house as a wounded soldier and left with her heart. He asks if the cemetery has room for one more. In an extraordinary debut novel, based on a remarkable true story, Robert Hicks draws an unforgettable, panoramic portrait of a woman who, through love and loss, found a cause. Known throughout the country as "The widow of the South," Carrie McGavock gave her heart first to a stranger, then to a tract of hallowed ground, and became a symbol of a nation's soul.

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  • "In 1894 Carrie McGavock is an old woman who has only her former slave to keep her company ... and the almost 1,500 soldiers buried in her backyard. Years before, rather than let someone plow over the field where these young men had been buried, Carrie dug them up and reburied them in her own personal cemetery. Now, as she walks the rows of the dead, an old soldier appears. It is the man she met on the day of the battle that changed everything. The man who came to her house as a wounded soldier and left with her heart. He asks if the cemetery has room for one more. In an extraordinary debut novel, based on a remarkable true story, Robert Hicks draws an unforgettable, panoramic portrait of a woman who, through love and loss, found a cause. Known throughout the country as "The widow of the South," Carrie McGavock gave her heart first to a stranger, then to a tract of hallowed ground, and became a symbol of a nation's soul."@en
  • "The saga of Carrie McGavock, a lonely Confederate wife who finds purpose transforming her Tennessee plantation into a hospital and cemetery during the Civil War.--"@en
  • "The Confederacy turns Carrie McGavock's home into a hospital after 5 of the bloodiest hours of the Civil War. With four generals dead on the back porch and a pile of amputated limbs in the yard, Carrie finds herself inexplicably drawn to a wounded soldier despite the boundries of class and decorum."@en
  • "In 1894 Carrie McGavock is an old woman who has only her former slave to keep her company and the almost 1,500 soldiers buried in her backyard. Years before, rather than let someone plow over the field where these young men had been buried, Carrie dug them up and reburied them in her own personal cemetery. Now, as she walks the rows of the dead, an old soldier appears. It is the man she met on the day of the battle that changed everything. The man who came to her house as a wounded soldier and left with her heart. He asks if the cemetery has room for one more."
  • "In 1894 Carrie McGavock is an old woman who has only her former slave to keep her company and the almost 1,500 soldiers buried in her backyard. Years before, rather than let someone plow over the field where these young men had been buried, Carrie dug them up and reburied them in her own personal cemetery. Now, as she walks the rows of the dead, an old soldier appears. It is the man she met on the day of the battle that changed everything. The man who came to her house as a wounded soldier and left with her heart. He asks if the cemetery has room for one more."@en
  • "A story based on the true experiences of a Civil War heroine finds Carrie McGavock witnessing the bloodshed of the Battle of Franklin, falling in love with a wounded man, and dedicating her home as a burial site for fallen soldiers."
  • "The saga of Carrie McGavock, a lonely Confederate wife who finds purpose transforming her Tennessee plantation into a hospital and cemetery during the Civil War."
  • "The saga of Carrie McGavock, a lonely Confederate wife who finds purpose transforming her Tennessee plantation into a hospital and cemetery during the Civil War."@en

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  • "Audiobooks, Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
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  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
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  • "Biographical fiction"
  • "Biographical fiction"@en
  • "War stories"
  • "War stories"@en

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  • "Widow of the South Read by Becky Ann Baker and various others"@en
  • "The Widow of the South"@en
  • "The widow of the South"@en
  • "The widow of the South"
  • "The widow of the South a novel"
  • "The widow of the south a novel"
  • "The widow of the south a novel"@en
  • "The widow of the south [Book on CD] a novel"@en
  • "The widow of the south"
  • "The widow of the south"@en

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