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    <body><![CDATA[My lovely long suffering spouse, a fan of McCrumb, recommended this one to me. I found it an interesting and educational historical novel.  McCrumb weaves an engaging tale of Appalachia blending the perspective of contemporary fictional characters with those of historical characters.  The author sho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74634660">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A fictionalized account of the Civil War in the mts. of Tenn. and NC. Many people sided with the Union because they didn't own slaves.  Your neighbor might be your enemy - the wrong army is whichever one you joined. Malinda and Keith joined the Conf. army - she dressed as a boy.  They spend the war ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44497551">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The latest ballad novel from Sharyn McCrumb tells the true story of the Civil War in the Appalachians, where neighbors became enemies, and the half-life of violence keeps soldiers' ghosts abroad in the modern wilderness. For frontier lawyer Zeb Vance, the war was an odyssey that leads to the Governor's mansion. Malinda Blalock, who followed her young husband into battle, becomes a Union bushwhacker, making war against confederate sympathizers in the mountains.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was my first foray into Civil War fiction- inspired by my Civil War scholar of a friend I thought I would give it a try. Also it focused on Western NC, and being able to recognize many of the towns McCrumb described was and added incentive.It is told through three semi-related narratives; that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39183771">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a story told from many points of view.  First is Zebulon Vance, the real life Civil War governor of North Carolina.  We follow him from his days as a hotel porter fresh off the farm until his rise to governor.  Next is Malinda Blalock, a tough mountain woman who follows her husband to war an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34020813">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The latest ballad novel from Sharyn McCrumb tells the true story of the Civil War in the Appalachians, where neighbors became enemies, and the half-life of violence keeps soldiers' ghosts abroad in the modern wilderness. For frontier lawyer Zeb Vance, the war was an odyssey that leads to the Governor's mansion. Malinda Blalock, who followed her young husband into battle, becomes a Union bushwhacker, making war against confederate sympathizers in the mountains.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[McCrumb often writes a historical storyline coinciding with a modern storyline, and usually that works reasonably well in my opinion.  In the case of this book, I feel she would have been better off not trying to tie in the modern tale; it was not well thought out, weak, and poorly executed.  It fel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23638516">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am new to the Asheville area and only a part time resident.  I wanted to begin reading some local fiction, and have always had an interest in history.  I found this an excellent gateway.<br/><br/>It's very readable and the characters truly resonate.  The flow of the writing is seductive and beau...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18432243">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The latest ballad novel from Sharyn McCrumb tells the true story of the Civil War in the Appalachians, where neighbors became enemies, and the half-life of violence keeps soldiers' ghosts abroad in the modern wilderness. For frontier lawyer Zeb Vance, the war was an odyssey that leads to the Governor's mansion. Malinda Blalock, who followed her young husband into battle, becomes a Union bushwhacker, making war against confederate sympathizers in the mountains.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a big fan of McCrumb's.  Some people read romance novels when they need something light. . . I read regional fiction, particularly from Appalachia, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland.  I studied a lot of Appalachian lit when I was an undergrad and was pretty well immersed in both the Appalachian Studi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6879446">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[McCrumb usually writes fun mysteries set in the hills of Appalachia, but this book is a bit of a departure from that. It is historical fiction and tells the story of the Civil War environment in North Carolina. She uses some real historical people and weaves their story with modern-day reenactors.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18724532">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thoroughly enjoyed this fictional account of the Civil War in the NC mountains.  All that talk of Morganton reminded me of friends....well written and fascinating tale of the division that is rarely discussed in secesh country.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book turned out to be 80% historical fiction and 20% novel.  I like the Civil War history, so I didn't mind too much. Each chapter alternated between a variety of characters telling their own experiences either in the Civil War or in modern day among Civil War reenactors.  It was a bit jumbled,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47820775">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The first part of the story, where Nora Bonesteel talks about caring for the grave, touched my heart so deeply...and remains with me still.  These are great stories about the Appalachian.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It doesn't get much better than this perfectly written book. A perfect blend of historic fiction mixed with a riveting present day story. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[There was nothing bad it just wasn't as good as I was hoping.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Read this for my Southern lit class. It was pretty good. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I always like her books. This one involves Civil War reenactors in Tennessee whose activities call up spirits of actual Civil War soldiers from the area. Most of the story deals with Civil War time, but jumps back and forth from past to present. McCrumb seems to do a lot of research and writes novel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17708922">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoy the &quot;local&quot; feel of Sharyn McComb's books--this one is no exception.  However, I did not feel this was one of her best--story a bit disorienting by use of multiple perspectives in multiple time frames.  It comes together in the end though--nice use of civil war ghosts as backdrop t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4657788">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[McCrumb's books are always informative and so well written!  I come away from them with the sense that I've visited the mountains she writes so lovingly about, and know the people she spins stories about.  I have read most or all of the Appalachian books, and would highly recommend them.]]></body>
    
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