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A Captain in the Ranks: A Romance of Affairs

By George Cary Eggleston

2019-02-15 20:25:43

This story is intended to supplement the trilogy of romances in which I have endeavored to show forth the Virginian character under varying conditions. "Dorothy South" dealt with Virginia life and character before the Confederate war. "The Mast ... Read more
This story is intended to supplement the trilogy of romances in which I have endeavored to show forth the Virginian character under varying conditions. "Dorothy South" dealt with Virginia life and character before the Confederate war. "The Master of Warlock" had to do with the Virginians during the early years of the war, when their struggle seemed hopeful of success. "Evelyn Byrd" was a study of the same people as they confronted certain disaster and defeat. The present story is meant to complete the picture. It deals with that wonderful upbuilding of the great West which immediately followed the war, and in which the best of the young Virginians played an important part. The personages of the story are real, and its events are mainly facts, thinly veiled. Less

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File size331.18 KB
Print pages152
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2011-08-31
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1530153374
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George Cary Eggleston
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George Cary Eggleston American author and brother of fellow author Edward Eggleston. Sons of Joseph Cary Eggleston and Mary Jane Craig. After the American Civil War he published a serialized account o...

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