Sean Gabhann

Gebundenes Buch

Harper's Rescue

A Novel of Redemption in the Civil War

Beschreibung

March 1862. Grant's victories in the War of the Rebellion have forced the Confederates to abandon most of Kentucky. Harper and his men return to Paducah, only to learn that they must sit idle until the army exchanges their paroles. Harper's commanding officer has found menial work for him while the others set to work repairing weapons scavenged from the Donelson battlefield. Except, word of Harper's ability has reached Grant's staff and they recruit him for an espionage mission. Young Katie Malloy has found a balance in her life as a saloon-worker and a nursing aide in the ward assigned to Confederate wounded. But when her friend, Eleanor leaves the saloon to establish a club exclusively for officers, Katie is left behind working for the ruthless Loorena Bosley whose only motive is to increase profits in spite of the dangers to the working girls. Harper recruits Eleanor's assistant, Maggie to help find the Paducah spy ring but his frequent visits create suspicion with Eleanor. Even the now-loyal Magnusson comes to question Harper's motives until a coordinated sabotage throughout the town throws everyone's life into chaos. In the second volume of the Shiloh Trilogy, some find new strength, plans fall apart, and innocents and evildoers meet their fates. Friendships and alliances form and fall apart with fatal consequences. The strong become weak and the weak become strong where allies and enemies aren't as easily knowable as on the battlefield. Gabhann spins a deeply moving, complex character study of espionage, personal relationships, and survival of common people caught in the midst of the War Between the States in the style of C.S. Foerster and Leon Uris.

Autor

Sean Kevin Gabhann was born in Philadelphia in 1949, growing up in nearby Pennsauken, New Jersey. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy and spent the next several years in the Navy, including seven and a half years serving in the Western Pacific. He saw combat with Coastal Forces, Vietnam in 1971-73 and was afloat with Seventh Fleet during the final evacuation in April 1975. He completed graduate studies in Applied Sciences at the University of California San Diego followed by a twenty-five year civil service career in the defense acquisition community. Several anecdotes from his career have made their way his books. He first became interested in American Civil War history during the centennial celebration and he owns an extensive library of primary and secondary material related to Civil War. Shortly before retiring, Gabhann became aware of the works of Bernard Cornwell. These excellent stories triggered a long-postponed desire first inspired by the Hornblower novels of C.S. Forrester to write adventure novels about the lives of common people during the Civil War. He especially wants to write about campaigns in the West because of a fascination with the careers of U.S Grant and W.T. Sherman. Sean reports, "My approach to writing historical fiction is to begin with a framework of the historical timeline and local geography derivehd from primary and secondary sources and then fit the plot within the framework. Then I edit for character development, followed by historical setting. Finally I edit for the reading experience: reorganizing chapters and scenes to enhance the flow before turning the manuscript over to the reading circle and to the beta readers. Accordingly, each manuscript undergoes at least five edits or revisions." Sean enjoys living in San Diego, California.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Natchez Trail Press
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 372
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9781734397475
• ISBN-10: 1734397470
• Artikelnr.: 65982531