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    <body><![CDATA[The author of &quot;Widow of the South&quot; returns with another historical novel inspired by the Civil War; this one taking place after the war in New Orleans, and is based on the life of the real Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood.  It is told mainly through the memoirs of Hood and his beloved wife,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60757990">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A Separate Country is a story of the post Civil War era. It is based on the life of Confederate General John Bell Hood.<br/><br/>This is a life time full of tragedy and misfortune. It felt a little slow at times but I am not sure if that is the writing or if it is just really hard to read about su...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63485542">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A very enjoyable book about post-Civil War New Orleans and Confederate General John Bell Hood. A sympathetic portrayal of Hood who lost an arm and a leg during the war and had a reputation of recklessly sacrificing the men under his command. New Orleans is depicted as a bustling 19th century &quot;B...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73203250">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[a very interesting love story about General John Bell Hood and his wife. It tells a lot about post Civil War New Orleans, and the changing attitudes toward the octaroons and quadroons who had been accepted as part of society until the reconstruction. It also touches on the guilt felt by General Hood...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73390838">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Page 118 and I find myself not caring about the stories these characters are telling. Disappointing as I was looking forward to this story of a Civil War general and his bride. The premise is good but the characters needed someting more, I found them neither likeable nor compelling, either of which ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78078293">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me a long time to read this book. I was looking forward to what I thought would be the sequel to &quot;Widow of the South&quot;. The descriptive writing was beautiful, characterization very well drawn, but the plot moved a little slow. I kept going because of the other two components but the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78449438">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hicks is good--I'd say that this is as good as <em>Widow of the South</em>. Atmospheric, characters that have depth, good story. Perhaps he needn't have added in the underworld kingpin dwarf--that's smacks a bit of putting the exotic in for interest--but the rest holds together.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Good but sloggish. The descriptions are vibrant, but at times the narrative seems disjointed. And unduly complicated, contrived? But that's what makes it a novel, huh?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Heard the author interviewed by Jim Ichster this AM...General Hood and his life in New Orleans, post Civil War era.  Including Yellow Fever epidemic's tragic impact...]]></body>
    
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