The Blue and the Gray

The Blue and the Gray

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The bond of blood made them a family. War made them enemies.
The Geysers and the Hales: one set of cousins sweated its living from the soil, the other from a small-town newspaper. One made its home in the South, the other -- only a few miles ride away -- in the North.

The Geysers and the Hales were a family, bound by blood and faith and love, and a fierce indomitable pride t...more
Paperback, 303 pages
Published September 1982 by Dell Publishing Company (first published January 1st 1982)
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I read this book with my son to supplement his history curriculum. It is an excellent work of historical fiction and really brings the Civil War period to life.
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What can I say? Didn't everyone go through a phase when they were obsessed with The Civil War?
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