Ebook {Epub PDF} This Scorched Earth: A Novel of the Civil War and the American West by William Gear

In this epic novel of the American Civil War and its aftermath, William Gear recounts the stories of the Hancock family of Arkansas in impressive detail. Members of the family are dispersed during and after the war, only to be humiliated by their experiences in battles, in prison camps, at the hands of rogue former soldiers, and even by internal guilt in not being able to protect loved ones from harm/5.  · Book Details. This Scorched Earth is an amazing tour de force depicting a family’s journey from near-devastation in the Civil War to their rebirth in the American West, from New York Times bestselling author William Gear. The Civil War tore at the very roots of our nation and destroyed most of a generation. This Scorched Earth: A Novel of the Civil War and the American West. This Scorched Earth is an amazing tour de force depicting a family’s journey from near-devastation in the Civil War to their 5/5(1).

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