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The Widow of the South

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By Robert Hicks

Read by Becky Ann Baker

Read by Tom Wopat

Read by David Chandler

Read by Jonathan Davis

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Based on a true story, this debut Civil War novel follows a Southern plantation woman’s journey of transforming her home into a hospital for the war.

This debut novel is based on the true story of Carrie McGavock. During the Civil War’s Battle of Franklin, a five-hour bloodbath with 9,200 casualties, McGavock’s home was turned into a field hospital where four generals died. For 40 years she tended the private cemetery on her property where more than 1,000 were laid to rest.

On Sale
Aug 30, 2005
Publisher
Hachette Audio
ISBN-13
9781594832475

Robert Hicks

About the Author

Robert Hicks is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Widow of the South and A Separate Country. He lives in Tennessee.

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