The 2017 historical novel Alemeth won critical praise for its lifelike rendering of the American South in the Civil War, focusing on the life of John Alemeth Byers, son of a wealthy cotton planter, who became a private in the 17th Mississippi Infantry. This work includes the entire novel, then adds nearly a hundred and fifty pages of Historical Notes documenting the facts behind the story, including historical information on the cotton plantation...
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