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Written by Donald McCaig - Audio book performed by Ira Claffey - Abridged Fiction - 4 CASSETTES - 6 hours

Publisher, Audio Renaissance (May 1998)

With the vivid canvas of the Civil War as a backdrop, the inhabitants, both black and white, of a Virginia plantation fulfill their unforgettable destinies. Duncan Gatewood, young heir to the Gatewood Plantation, falls in love with Maggie, a mulatto slave who gives birth to their son, Jacob. Maggie and Jacob are sold South, and Duncan is packed off by his irate father to the Virginia Military Institute.

Another Gatewood slave, Jesse, whose love for Maggie is unrequited, escapes to find her and is sheltered by a young white couple who are sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary for this crime. Jesse later joins the ranks of Mr. Lincoln's army, and in time will confront his former masters in battle.

From the interlocked lives of masters and slaves, and a wealth of historical detail, Donald McCaig conjures a masterpiece: a passionate and richly textured story set in the heart of America's greatest and most devastating war. The loves, letters, and struggles of the characters connect a Vicksburg brothel with a Richmond salon, the riches of a sleek blockade-runner with scenes of dire poverty, and ultimately lead us to the nightmare of the lurid hell of the battlefields at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.