A Thousand Miles to Alabama

by Nelle Watson

In this book of historical fiction the central character, a released Civil War prisoner, thinks and speaks in the vernacular of his time and region. His purpose, besides getting home, is to deliver a letter and brooch to the widow of his best friend, who died in his arms in prison. The action follows him as he walks over a thousand miles home to Alabama, meeting kind strangers and experiencing rejection, hunger and the brutality of bushwhackers along...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1413450350
• ISBN13: 9781413450354
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Xlibris Us
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"