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Scarecrow in Gray
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by Barry D. Yelton
Sales Rank: 355350
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List Price: $15.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 218 pages
Published by: iUniverse, Inc. September 26, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0595401856
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0595401857
Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
Weighs: 6.4 ounces
Reader Reviews
A North Carolina farmer goes off to fight a war in which he has no stake in this historical novel of the Civil War. It is the final months of a war reaching its inevitable conclusion, and most people know the Southern cause is already lost when Francis Yelton enlists against his better judgment. He is not a slave owner, nor has he any interest in the politics of the failing Confederate government. But the rebel army is desperate for men and if Francis does not volunteer, he will be conscripted. The author's elegant prose brings a poetic quality to this well-written novel. Francis, an ordinary but insightful man, sees the beauty of the land around him more clearly than most and recognizes the devastation of war as a grievous insult to the Earth and its Maker. He questions his reasons for being on the battlefield, comparing himself to a leaf floating in a river: "The leaf doesn't have a say in where it's going. It just goes because a greater power takes it." While Francis reluctantly shoulders his musket to shoot men just like himself, he worries about his home and his family, who must survive in a hostile world without him. Thanks to General Sherman's "scorched earth policy," Francis knows exactly what the enemy could do to his farm. But Southern deserters and outlaws pose just as great a threat. Scarecrow in Gray is a worthy read - the story of a war already lost and the men who knowingly served the losing side in defense of the land and the people they loved. Dianne K. Salerni Author of High Spirits: A Tale of Ghostly Rapping and Romance
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