North and South
John Jakes, 1982
West Point friends from North and South watch a country divide, and their families pay the price.
John Jakes
North and South (1982) was the first book in John Jakes's trilogy; its 1985 ABC miniseries became a major television event.
Feels like war, family and dread.
How fast a quiet street becomes a firing line.
They had taken no more than a dozen steps away from the cottages when a musket barrel came smashing through an unbroken window in one of the cottages ahead. The door flew open, three more muskets poked out. The muskets boomed, killing two of the surprised soldiers a yard to Orry’s left. Books by John Jakes
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