A Distant FlameUniversity of Georgia Press, 1.04.2011 г. - 328 страници A young Confederate sharpshooter, Charlie Merrill, has already suffered many losses in his life, but he must find a way to endure--and to grow--if he is to survive the battles he and his fellow soldiers face in July 1864 at the gates of Atlanta. From the opening salvos on Rocky Face Ridge in northwest Georgia through the trials of Resaca and Kennesaw Mountain, Charlie faces the overwhelming force of the Union army and a growing uncertainty about his place in the war. Framed by a story that finds the elderly Charlie giving a speech on the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Atlanta, A Distant Flame portrays love, violence, and regret about wrong paths taken. With an attention to historical detail that brings the past powerfully to the present, Philip Lee Williams reveals Charlie's journey of redemption from the Civil War's fields of fire to the slow steps of old age. |
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... for the Wzter Fae Flower Seeker NONFICTION The Silent Stars Go By Crossing Wildcat Ridge In the Morning: Reflectionsfiom First Light CHAPBOOK A Gififiom Boonie, Seymour, and Dog D AKW IST NT F LAM 41"?! £3 PHILIP LEE.
... first open cotton boll of the season from that little farm of his. But he twisted the boll, an old trick, to make it open. I believe you are the one who taught me that.” “I believe I am,” said Charlie. He smiled warmly at Barry. Yes. He ...
... first damned movement that's felt good since Chickamauga.” “Keep your head down,” said Charlie. “It ain't my head worries me,” said Duncan. He laughed, a stuttering, stomach-shaking burst of genuine relief. Charlie smiled at him. The ...
... first fight after he'd joined the Confederate troops, and the carnage was ghastly, thousands falling, no one able to stop for the wounded. He had shown up from nowhere with his rifle, a boy riding the rails up from Atlanta, rocking in ...
... first, I asked God what He could mean—you were frail and ill, though Jack was such a fine friend to you. I loathed Branton, hut then I did not mind it so much when God sent you to me. This war is a kind of madness as you told me. My ...
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April 19 1864 | 26 |
July 26 1861 | 36 |
July 22 1914 | 43 |
April 20May 8 1864 | 47 |
May 16 1862 | 166 |
June 226 1864 | 172 |
Summer and Fall 1862 | 191 |
July 221914 | 200 |
Winter 18621863 | 205 |
June 27 1864 | 217 |
July 22 1914 | 226 |
July 2122 1864 | 234 |
July 27 1861 | 59 |
July 28 1861 | 63 |
May 813 1864 | 68 |
July 22 1914 | 83 |
AugustSeptember 1861 | 88 |
May 1419 1864 | 97 |
July 22 1914 | 116 |
OctoberDecember 1861 | 123 |
JanuaryMarch 1862 | 131 |
May 2231 1864 | 140 |
July 23September 1 1864 | 251 |
July 22 1914 | 265 |
July 221914 500530 PM | 271 |
July 221914 545630 PM | 276 |
July 221914 630930 PM | 284 |
July 221914 930Midnight | 297 |
November 1918 | 301 |
Authors Note | 305 |