Vain Yearnings: An American Civil War Saga

By Joseph Gaines

Vain Yearnings is a tale of the sometimes bitter, desperate, and inevitable currents of the desires of life. It is story rooted in the adventures and hardships of an uncivil war with rich characters entwined in the historical details of the time period. A tragedy, that ends in the shadows of a lonely churchyard in one small southern town, that becomes a legendary tale. Brookie and Luther are two, young Union soldiers, both from Ohio, that are trekking their way through Georgia - from the mountains to the ocean - in the eventful year of 1864. It is their first view of another world beyond their home provided by the American Civil War. They endure tragedies, mayhem, and all the devastating insanity of war, but form a strong friendship in the process. Brookie is determined to survive the war and go home to seek forgiveness from his beloved father, John Paul, that he feels he has disrespected and inflicted emotional wounds by leaving home to join the war without his blessing. Luther desires the adventure the war provides, but longs to return to his lover in waiting back in Ohio. In the end, will the yearnings of these two soldiers in this exciting saga be in vain?The America Civil War, the greatest tragedy in itself of the 19th Century, forever shifts the course of these two men's lives, and that of their beloved, just as it changed the character of the nation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1089380410
• ISBN13: 9781089380412
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"